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Years & years ago on one of the old UseNet newsgroups, someone posted about deciding to use a $2US bill he had been carrying around in his wallet for years. The young clerk refused it outright but the guy insisted & the clerk finally called security. The "old codger" sec-guard showed up & asked what was wrong. The clerk showed him the bill & they guard looked at it & asked again. When they clerk blurted out, "It's for $2!", the guard just stared at him like he was crazy!

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On Tue, 7/12/16, Bruce Johnson <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] Currency
 To: "xxxxxx@simplelists.com" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
 Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 2:45 PM

 I’ve had cashiers give older bills a lot of scrutiny; one
 younger one looked at an old-school $20 and called her line
 manager over to confirm it was real. 8-0

 That was a point I realized I was
 old…

 On
 Jul 12, 2016, at 1:56 PM, Abu Dhabi <xxxxxx@gmail.com>
 wrote:

 Well, in the specific case of US currency, there's a bit
 of a general problem because all dollar bills printed at all
 times are deemed valid currency - at least in theory -
 including those with previous makes and security
 technologies. Old issues might be refused
  because they look strange, good counterfeits might be
 accepted because they don't.

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 Bruce Johnson

 University of Arizona

 College of Pharmacy

 Information Technology Group

 Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs

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