Posted on 09/02/2016 8:44:14 AM PDT by raccoonradio
An eighth grader in Houston, TX tried to pay for lunch with a $2 bill.
Danesiah Neal told ABC News, ”I went to the lunch line, and they said my $2 bill was fake. They gave it to the police. Then they sent me to the police office. A police officer said I could be in big trouble.”
The officer told Danesiah she could be charged with a third-degree felony.
After investigating the incident, police discovered that the bill was real. Just very old and rare.
It’s the 3-dollar bills I worry about.
Our local gun show, held every other month chargers $8 for admission. I’ve been going for years and have always received a $2 bill in change on my way in.
I was told these bills are very popular at the track for $2 bets, can any Freepers who follow the ponies verify that or is that urban legend?
Even if we were to stipulate that $2 dollar bills didn’t exist, which of course they do, why then would a counterfeiter make a bill in a denomination that didn’t exist? And why such a low denomination?
The stupidity there is too deep to shovel out of.
What a lucky kid. She got to learn a very valuable lesson early that will serve her well for the rest of her life.
The dollar coins work great in vending machines too. Much easier to use than bills.
Because this author only gave part of the story, the freepers who weren't aware of this incident have all fallen victim to reacting and calling out others for being uninformed when they are as well.
The pay is appropriate, and as it should be.
Military, law enforcement, and firefighting should be staffed by young people giving back to their country. As many people as possible should cycle through those jobs, and we do not need a government class of people as opposed to the rest of society. When they interact with the public, it should be with the awareness that they too will be the public in a few years.
With web access at the fingertips of probably everyone involved, I wonder why someone didn't take 30 seconds and look it up... IIRC, the original story was that cashier didn't think the bill was real, and then used the magic pen to check authenticity. The age of the bill precluded the magic pen from working, as the type of paper used when this particular bill was produced doesn't work right with the pen.
This story is several months old, and I don't remember the specifics, and am not going to bother reading the article.
That's not a "trouble" from the government's point of view. Frankage is pure profit.
I keep every one I get. The modern version, with the Signing of the Declaration of Independence on the reverse side, is why I keep them. It's my favorite bill to look at.
Government schools. Can you say lawsuit?
Happens often.
Keep an eye on your change around Christmas. That time of year I always get something back in change (silver coinage, wheat pennies, silver certificates) that is fairly interesting. People clean out their dresser drawers, or pick through Mom and Dad's collection, or something.
Got a neat Standing Liberty quarter, and some overseas coins, last year. All from the same place. Made me want to paw through the cash register.
"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."
Probably made its way back from Europe. We got tons of 2$ bills and Susan B Anthony coins in Germany (US Military). The only place you got, or could spend, pennies was the Post Office, everywhere else rounded to the nearest nickel.
If you want to find the dumbest, most incompetent, and uneducated people, go to any school, including any college.
A guy in Bill Clinton’s hometown in Arkansas messes up and prints a bunch of 18 dollar bills.
His screechy wife yells at him and hits him with an ashtray for the mistake.
It’s no problem Honey, he says. I’ll just go down to the bar and break them into change.
So he makes up a phones reason why he needs them broken smaller and asks the bartender.
The toothless bartender replies, sure Sonny, you want them broken into three 6’s? Or two 9’s?
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