'They look too much like quarters.People are afraid to give out one and lose 75 cents. 'Nobody wants 'em,' he commented laconically. They stare at them and say, 'What's this?''Īround the corner at a savings and loan association, I pushed one of my crisp the young man behind the glass reached for the silvery-looking coins.
If I buy something for, say $1.85, I hand over two Susan B. 'The only way we get these,' she says, 'is that occasionally someone shoves them at us and says, 'Get rid of this! Give me real money!' Personally,' she confesses, 'I like the $1 coins for laughs. In a few minutes she returned with the offbeat currency in hand. 'Oh, wow!' was the answer I got, followed by a pause, and then, 'OK.' She left her window and walked to the far end of the teller cages. Anthony $1 coin, shift tongue into cheek, and see what happens. Just ask any teller for two $2 bills and one Susan B. Five dollars will buy you some fun at your local banks.
