Not worth much

[PuckishOne]

If we want to "blame Canada," let's do so over on Fratching, mmkay? Any more country-bashing or otherwise baseless crap that has nothing to do with a sucky customer will get this thread closed...and you can take that to the bank.

Thanks.

[smileyeagle1021]

we Canadians, like Horsetuna said, don't seem to have a problem accepting American coin. I don't understand what the big farkin' deal is.

I can't speak for the whole country... but at least in my small corner of it, the banks won't accept foreign coins... so unless we can find another business that will accept them (which btw, they aren't required to do, they're only required to accept US currency) we'll be stuck with really pretty coins that don't do anything.
However, that being said, yes we really shouldn't be canada bashing, their economy is better than ours right now.

[Rynn007]

Banks down here in South Carolina will not accept Canadian coins, bills yes, but not coins. I actually mailed about $10 worth of coins to a friend of mine, with some gifts and hidden in a makeup bag, in Canada. I wrapped the coins up in plastic wrap, small bundles, so they wouldn't rattle and prayed the customs guys wouldn't open the package.

But I didn't know there are some banks in the US that WOULD accept Canadian coins.

[Boozy]

If we want to "blame Canada," ....

Oh great. Now I've got that song stuck in my head, probably for the rest of the day. And it's only 9 am....

I live so close to the US-Canada border that our bank takes US coin in our deposits and counts it as Canadian. Given the current exchange rate (the dollars are fairly close to par) I suspect its just not worth the administrative hassle to do an exchange for anything less than a few dollars worth.

We've been getting a lot of US quarters lately. I like looking at the state quarters. When we get one now, I take it out of our till and replace it with one of my own. I want to see if its possible to collect all 50 without actually stepping foot in the US. I've got 12 of them so far, I think.

[Geek King]

I very much doubt that the money came from the bank. Why? They won't take it. If a buisness tries to put canadian coins in their drop, the bank will not count it towards their total.

Actually, you can get them from the bank. Sometimes certain canadian coins will slot through the large coin sorters and mix in with the rest of the coin that goes to be wrapped for recirculation. I have seen rolls from the bank that are short, have foreign coin mixed in, or even over. Most aften this happens with the quarter rolls. The machines rely on magnets to sort the coin out, but sometimes some get through.

That said, if a change machine dispenses foreign (to the current country) coin to you, go to an employee immediately and report it. If the guy was telling the truth, then he at least partially caused his own grief.

[Kat33auS]

Its funny about canadian coin. Up here, we'll take US coins without batting an eye and just count it as Canadian.

That reminds me about Australian/New Zealand coins. Everyone seems to intermingle them without any problems. Then again, the only differences between them are the country's name on the 'head' of the coin and the picture on the back.
Even more confusing are the 'special' Australian coins that have an 'alternative' picture on the back, usually symbolising the 2000 Olympics or the Centenary of Federation...

[edible_hat]

That reminds me about Australian/New Zealand coins. Everyone seems to intermingle them without any problems. Then again, the only differences between them are the country's name on the 'head' of the coin and the picture on the back.
Even more confusing are the 'special' Australian coins that have an 'alternative' picture on the back, usually symbolising the 2000 Olympics or the Centenary of Federation...

I almost rejected a Bradman 20 cent coin the other day, I thought it was one of those worthless "medals" that Murdoch newspapers hand out every now and then.

There seems to be a new one every year these days... the 2006 one was a 50 Years of TV dollar, I think this year's is a 50 cent coin.

I love it when people think they're really smart trying to pass off car wash tokens as $1 coins. I just note it on my shift sheet and put the token with the other tokens, and we later sell it to somebody who wants to use the car wash.