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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: Making change
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 09:19:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-05-12, Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On 2025-05-10, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote:
>
>> I find it hard to comprehend that somebody, anybody,
>> doesn't teach people how to count change back when
>> not given the correct change or their cash register
>> is down.  It only takes once or twice practicing
>> to learn how to count the change back.
>
>
> I literally haven't used change since the pandemic started (March 15,
> 2020) for me. 

I sometimes use change, to keep up my street cred as an old lady.
Mostly it get left along with the tip at our local mom & pop Chinese
joint.

> I still have some change in my truck, but it's starting to
> get an aged patina on it. Is old metal money worth anything? 

It's still worth its face value.

> Is any
> metal money worth anything? Let's drop the decimal after the dollar
> sign and move on.

It might be an impetus to get retailers to incorporate sales tax
into the listed price of goods.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton