The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 30, July 29, 2007, Article 11

JOE BOLING'S PAPER DOLLAR BOYCOTT

Inspired by last week's item on spending two dollar bills, incoming
ANA Governor Joe Boling  writes: "For several years I have declined
to carry or use paper dollars. I believe the paper single should
have been retired twenty-five years ago. I carry $2 notes (and higher
denominations), metallic dollars (now up to four types, with a fifth
coming shortly), and half dollars. I tailor my tenders so that I
don't get paper singles in change. (For instance, if I owe $23 and
change, I hand over a twenty and two deuces; a bill for $18 has me
paying $20+$2+$1 and getting a fiver back.) All the theaters in town
know when I've been at a performance - they have weird money in the
concessions till. I have never had a metallic dollar refused, and
the new presidential dollars are quite popular."

[In England the smallest paper denomination is 5 GBP.  My pockets
fill with small change and one-pound coins.  Less often I receive
two-pound coins in change.  The pound coins are thick and easily
identifiable by touch.  As I've mentioned before, these are the
workhorses of daily commerce and are typically found very well worn.
What does amaze me though is that the one pence coin also circulates.
It's not that often that I get one in change.  I've not been paying
close attention, but a number of items I regularly purchase for cash
are often priced in multiples of ten pence.  At current exchange
rates the one pence coin is worth less than half a U.S. cent.
-Editor]

 A WALLETFUL OF TWO-DOLLAR BILLS
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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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