Huge Cajones Remailer wrote:

On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:

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When my dad ran a bread truck in the 1950's, a mafia character who had a bad day paid him $20 or so in pennies, and my dad said he took it with little argum

Dale, you must serve some purpose in my life. Perhaps it is to teach me humility. I strive to understand your purpose.

Why is this so difficult? The subject was legal tender, and I cited two examples (real examples, no less) of controversy. I also asked for relevant comments. Is this comment supposed to be relevant? To repeat: Certain credible sources have stated that pennies are not necessarily legal tender in certain amounts, for ordinary transactions, say, buying groceries. The amount I heard was in the range of 25 cents or thereabouts. To my knowledge, this was not resolved, perhaps due to the "spam attack".