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In reply to the discussion: School Calls Police on Girl Using 2 Dollar Bill to Buy Her Chicken Nuggets! It Gets Worse! [View all]roamer65
(36,748 posts)124. Banks have to order them for customers, usually.
The Kennedy half dollar, since 2002, can only be ordered directly from the US Mint. They have not been released for general circulation since that date.
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School Calls Police on Girl Using 2 Dollar Bill to Buy Her Chicken Nuggets! It Gets Worse! [View all]
KamaAina
Sep 2016
OP
My dad got stuck with a fake $100 bill which he innocently attempted to deposit at the bank.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#1
Shitty banks will recirculate fake money, so they don't get stuck eating the loss.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2016
#32
They don't take the loss because they don't credit the money to the customer's account.
Nuclear Unicorn
Sep 2016
#37
If they are caught with one, they push it out through the drive-in window.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2016
#41
every single fucking adult involved in this piece of insanity needs to apologize to that child.
niyad
Sep 2016
#3
The artical is clearly written with a bias against the school and the cops, quite a bit of
frankieallen
Sep 2016
#166
You're sure? I wouldn't be. Don't be sure of anything when you don't know the people.
Divine Discontent
Sep 2016
#143
Well, I wouldn't bet my life on it if that's what you mean. While there apparently is no
frankieallen
Sep 2016
#167
I'd hope so. How low of them if not. Typically those in the wrong don't.
Divine Discontent
Sep 2016
#169
Not only that, anyone who thinks a counterfeiter would waste time on two dollar . . .
brush
Sep 2016
#132
Counterfeiters rarely go below $10. More ZeroToleranceŽ for your edumacashunel pleasure!
Eleanors38
Sep 2016
#176
For a career that can kill or destroy people--police are not held to real levels of intellect.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2016
#36
There are states in the USA I refuse to even venture into! Growing up in sane states/places
RKP5637
Sep 2016
#76
it's right there in texas school textbooks, they used $2 bills back when dinosaurs roamed the planet
unblock
Sep 2016
#4
I bought 4 uncut $2 bills off the printing press from the US treasury when I toured DC in 1995
GummyBearz
Sep 2016
#128
$2 bills seem to quite popular in Mexico. When I worked a gift shop, we used to get them all the
Hestia
Sep 2016
#162
It's hard to believe people in authority don't check first before assuming a child is a criminal!
bettyellen
Sep 2016
#165
Are you sure this is not made up?..NO ONE CAN BE THAT STUPID....NO ONE!!!!!!!!!NT
Stuart G
Sep 2016
#7
I bought a train ticket in a vending machine and got dollar coins as part of my change.
rocktivity
Sep 2016
#22
Reagan was the last president on a $1 coin; they can't do Bill Clinton or Barack Obama yet...
Rhythm
Sep 2016
#135
I used to pay with susan b anthony dollars. cannot count the times I got them handed back
niyad
Sep 2016
#42
She should be thankful. They're preparing her for life in the **Real World** as an adult...
hunter
Sep 2016
#25
LOL. I'd have been shocked if she wasn't. They almost always harass black kids with
Divine Discontent
Sep 2016
#145
I think the original source is below. And it's worse because there's a boy with charges
pnwmom
Sep 2016
#24
Good for the family for staying strong. That police department needs to be investigated.
pnwmom
Sep 2016
#168
Legal tender or simply a pair of socks. The idiots are really reaching from something...
LanternWaste
Sep 2016
#53
they could have gone on the internet,but the stupid was strong with this one!
exalted circles
Sep 2016
#60
My guess is these folks "mis-remembered" the old saying: "phony as a $3 dollar bill". nt
jonno99
Sep 2016
#77
Idiots is right. Now while I understand some folks may never have seen a 2 dollar bill
still_one
Sep 2016
#79
Go to a horse race track and place a $2 bet with a $5 bill. You get a $1 bill and a $2 bill back.
tonyt53
Sep 2016
#80
I'd like to know why they are charging 13-year olds with felonies for this anyway.
LisaM
Sep 2016
#83
Only minority students: "Ted Oberg Investigates could not find a single white student suspect"
Chathamization
Sep 2016
#155
Ha! I love it! Theyre obviously being tongue in cheek using $2 bill BC of the saying N/T
Divine Discontent
Sep 2016
#147
I just got a half dollar in change. My feeling was ugh and made sure to pass it on that day
Person 2713
Sep 2016
#134
I got a silver quarter over a year ago in change . I showed my kids . They didn't care or
Person 2713
Sep 2016
#137
The original story is dated Thursday, April 28, 2016. Do you suppose the girl ever got that lunch?
Ford_Prefect
Sep 2016
#151