http://brooklyntorch.org Sparking Wealth In North Brooklyn Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://brooklyntorch.org/contact/comment-page-1/#comment-10596 Russell Mollot Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:17:41 +0000 http://brooklyntorch.org/?page_id=24#comment-10596 Why not simply have merchants agree to honor old U.S. silver coins (i.e. pre-1965 dimes, quarters, half-dollars and silver dollars) at current value of their silver content? These coins are, of course, legal tender, and when a restaurant accepts an old half-dollar in exchange for a $14.00 tab, not only is it a fair exchange, but the revenue of $0.50 has positive implications in regard to taxes. Why not simply have merchants agree to honor old U.S. silver coins
(i.e. pre-1965 dimes, quarters, half-dollars and silver dollars) at current value of their silver content? These coins are, of course, legal tender, and when a restaurant accepts an old half-dollar in exchange for a $14.00 tab, not only is it a fair exchange, but the revenue of $0.50 has positive implications in regard to taxes.

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