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I mean, at least it was not because they couldn't figure out how to make change.

Archive: https://archive.today/k2Ofn

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>Gen Z cashiers are infuriating their bosses when they take cash from customers. According to reports young workers are deeming some bills counterfeit when they are in fact legitimate. According to one boss of a frozen yogurt shop in Florida, teenage employees had to be told that the bills they had refused to accept because they were fake, were actually 'just old.' Sam, 22, told Newsweek that the £10 and £5 notes that were confiscated at the store were 'pre-1999 as far as dating goes, so at least 25-30 years old.

I mean, at least it was not because they couldn't figure out how to make change. Archive: https://archive.today/k2Ofn From the post: >>Gen Z cashiers are infuriating their bosses when they take cash from customers. According to reports young workers are deeming some bills counterfeit when they are in fact legitimate. According to one boss of a frozen yogurt shop in Florida, teenage employees had to be told that the bills they had refused to accept because they were fake, were actually 'just old.' Sam, 22, told Newsweek that the £10 and £5 notes that were confiscated at the store were 'pre-1999 as far as dating goes, so at least 25-30 years old.
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A few years ago, maybe 2016, when I was working as a cash-handling bartender at a beer-garden, I refused to take an old $100.00 bill from a nigger trying to buy a miller lite and chicken-wrap to go.

The bill looked fake, and the negro looked shady.

Manager came out, didn't want to look racist, bill passed the marker test, and ok'd the transaction.

Bill was fake. Most fake bills are larger denominations from older generations.

This isn't a gen Z problem, it is a nigger problem.

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Sounds like you encountered the young george floyd.

Interesting that it passed the marker test though, must have been a "washed" bill. I think they work on the paper mostly. You need the light too and maybe even the scanner for the metal strip to be sure.

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The most important thing to check for is a large, uncommon bill ($50 or $100) with someone trying to buy something small, that they can walk away with. Older bills are more suspect than newer bills.

But I have made similar comments about this in the past.

https://poal.co/s/AskPoal/667355/1afbff8e-a8c4-4a31-a7b2-be5cad0e9e06#cmnts

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Small…..like a banana?

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Yeah, When you are trying to buy $5-12 with a hundred that is usually a red flag.

I do always ask if they can break a $50/100 so maybe I seem sus sometimes but I don't exactly look like the type that is going to lie/rip you off if you get what I mean.

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I do collect older currency. Some really cool bills. Lots of different seal colors.

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I have a few too, passed down over generations. Even silver certificates.

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If I ran a business, I'd rather my employees refused bills they believed were fraudulent rather than accept anything.

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£10 and £5 notes

Well yeah, in Florida no one is going to take pounds sterling...

To be fair, I've seen 0 red-seal $5 silver certificates in the wild.

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Ok, now that is cool. If I saw one of those I would buy them off the person using it. I wonder if they knew what it really was?

I have some "old money" and some "war money" given to me by family. (Yes, a bunch of it has that WW2 country symbol on it). I don't think you can trade a lot of it anymore.

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Occupation notes are worthless currency but have collectible value. There's only a few coins that the USA proper minted that you can't use anymore, but I can't remember what they are.

I do go in to the bank and buy up their $2s every once in a while. I usually get at least 1 old bill, like 1930s or something.

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The amount of people that don't know that there is a legal $2 bill is insane. My grandmother always sent them with a card for birthdays.

My father now thinks it is hilarious to gift dollar coins that everyone thinks are quarters. (I am not young, he just has a odd sense of humor).

I have been thinking about getting into coin-hunting (or whatever you call it) to collect actual silver coins. Something to do when watching a show with my Wife.

Thanks, I like when random posts turn into a interesting conversation =)

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The irony is, all Federal Reserve notes are fake, in the sense they aren't worth much. They aren't really money, after all, but fiat. Mere tokens of what used to be Gold derivatives. Now they're derivatives of nothing.

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Over 15 years ago the majority of "Dollars" were Digital. To those thinking that there is no world/gov currency and blaming bitcoin for it.. You missed the inflection point people.

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I keep old notes when I come across them. This 50 from 1950 (pic8.co) is the oldest I have. I can see why younger people would think they are fake. They do look a lot different.

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I have a few "silver notes". Not going to part with them but they are not sealed/graded. Should probably do that.

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Actually just looked on Ebay and people are selling these for double face value but in better condition than mine.

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Oh, that is cool. Maybe ill buy a few just for the hell of it.

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Very cool. I don't think this 50 is worth anything but I like how it says "The Untied States of America will pay to the bearer on demand 50 dollars".