If I were to leave a 10 dollar tip at a restaurant, what is the strangest combination of coin/curren

mrpaseo · February 23, 2007 11:38PM

I came from a coin store once and they gave me an Ike as change (Thought that was cool), I found myself at a restaurant and wanted to leave an unusual tip... I can't remember the combination that I left but I wanted to see what we can come up with. The mention of using the 2 dollar bill in every day circulation brought this question on.... So I'll begin...

Oh one more rule, I need to be able to get this coin/currency at face value and they should be of recent currency (Even if I could pull it from a roll from the bank)... So, lets see what you can come up with, I'll start:

1 ea 2 dollar bill
1 ea dollar bill
1 ea SBA
1 ea Sacagawea
1 ea Washington Presidential dollar
1 ea Ike Dollar (I know stretching it but I got it for face)
1 ea Ike Bicentennial
1 ea Kennedy Half
1 ea Bicentennial Kennedy Half
1 ea State Quarter
1 ea Washington Quarter
1 ea Bicentennial Quarter
5 ea versions of Jeffersons

Total: $10.00

I could almost do it

I like the idea of Buffalos and some wheaties in there too

any other ideas?

Thanks,
Ray

curly · February 23, 2007 11:47PM

The only thing that I see left is to give statehood quarters.

A partial sheet of dollar bills would be cool but you can't get them at face value.

fengk · February 24, 2007 12:17AM

a bicentennial quarter

BRdude · February 24, 2007 12:23AM

old wore out silver certificates

19Lyds · February 24, 2007 12:28AM

With Silver at $14.59, you could leave to well worn 1964 Kennedy's. A little over $10 bucks but what the heck, you're feeling generous right?

mrpaseo · February 24, 2007 12:28AM

<< old wore out silver certificates

>>

My mom did receive two in circulation a few years back... hmmm...

speety · February 24, 2007 2:48AM

A penny that someone put a hole through

MAD4MORGANS · February 24, 2007 2:51AM

That would mean I would have to spend at least $50- for dinner!!

That's a whole lot of burgers at Burger King!!

jom · February 24, 2007 2:51AM

How about 10,000 worn IHCs?

jom

mcheath · February 24, 2007 2:58AM

throw in a dateless buffalo nickel, a jefferson war nickel, and a silver certificate and your still a losy tipper at a $1.15 short.

jbsteven · February 24, 2007 3:26AM

$10 Lib

LALASD4 · February 24, 2007 4:02AM

itsnotjustme · February 24, 2007 4:05AM

Bicentennial Ike & Quarter
The 5 versions of Jeffersons.

That's 9.25
Silver Certificate would take you over the top.

pjgj13 · February 24, 2007 5:35AM

<< How about 10,000 worn IHCs?

jom >>

I would like to be YOUR waiter. You would get the best service around for $100 face value of IHC.

BigDaddyz · February 24, 2007 6:05AM

1 each of 40 different Minnesota DDR's

Artist · February 24, 2007 6:06AM

1,000 1943 Steel Cents

mrpaseo · February 24, 2007 9:50AM

<< 1,000 1943 Steel Cents >>

Now that would be funny

Rodius · February 24, 2007 10:01AM

<< I came from a coin store once and they gave me an Ike as change (Thought that was cool), I found myself at a restaurant and wanted to leave an unusual tip... I can't remember the combination that I left but I wanted to see what we can come up with. The mention of using the 2 dollar bill in every day circulation brought this question on.... So I'll begin...

Oh one more rule, I need to be able to get this coin/currency at face value and they should be of recent currency (Even if I could pull it from a roll from the bank)... So, lets see what you can come up with, I'll start:

1 ea 2 dollar bill
1 ea dollar bill
1 ea SBA
1 ea Sacagawea
1 ea Washington Presidential dollar
1 ea Ike Dollar (I know stretching it but I got it for face)
1 ea Ike Bicentennial
1 ea Kennedy Half
1 ea Bicentennial Kennedy Half
1 ea State Quarter
1 ea Washington Quarter
1 ea Bicentennial Quarter
5 ea versions of Jeffersons

Total: $10.00

I could almost do it

I like the idea of Buffalos and some wheaties in there too

any other ideas?

Thanks,
Ray >>

Come into my restaurant and leave me that tip...It would be so much fun. You also get the best burger in Washinton County and the creamiest Ice Cream

laserart · February 24, 2007 10:32AM

1 Susan B Anthony dollar
1 Ike dollar
1 sac dollar
1 $2 bill
1 $1 bill
1 presidential dollar
1 half dollar , your choice
2 Maine quarters

5 mercury dime
5 roosevelt dimes

3 Jeffs
1909 thru 1953 lincolns (45 cents)
2 war nickels
1 buffalo nickel
1 washington quarter

TheNumish · February 24, 2007 11:02AM

Bring an uncut sheet of currency and a pair of scissors. Make sure the waiter sees you cutting up the sheet for their tip. Now that would be weird.

Aegis3 · February 24, 2007 3:22PM

400 two cent pieces and 400 half cents.

pb2y · February 24, 2007 3:34PM

Ten Washington dollars stuck together with a spot of super glue

GoldenEyeNumismatics · February 24, 2007 4:46PM

is fractional currency allowed?

lordmarcovan · February 24, 2007 5:03PM

If you're spending Buffaloes and wheaties and so on as tips, come stay at The Cloister and order Room Service on the graveyard shift.

airedale · February 24, 2007 5:14PM

<< I came from a coin store once and they gave me an Ike as change (Thought that was cool), I found myself at a restaurant and wanted to leave an unusual tip... I can't remember the combination that I left but I wanted to see what we can come up with. The mention of using the 2 dollar bill in every day circulation brought this question on.... So I'll begin...

Oh one more rule, I need to be able to get this coin/currency at face value and they should be of recent currency (Even if I could pull it from a roll from the bank)... So, lets see what you can come up with, I'll start:

1 ea 2 dollar bill
1 ea dollar bill
1 ea SBA
1 ea Sacagawea
1 ea Washington Presidential dollar
1 ea Ike Dollar (I know stretching it but I got it for face)
1 ea Ike Bicentennial
1 ea Kennedy Half
1 ea Bicentennial Kennedy Half
1 ea State Quarter
1 ea Washington Quarter
1 ea Bicentennial Quarter
5 ea versions of Jeffersons

Total: $10.00

I could almost do it

I like the idea of Buffalos and some wheaties in there too

any other ideas?

Thanks,
Ray >>

airedale · February 24, 2007 5:27PM

My uncle who did well in life told me that days or hours before the depression in 1928 people were still leaving a $1.00 tip at restaurants That would mean about $10.47 in today's dollars. I am not trying to start an argument and do not want a reply as such but this is just what he told me. I like silver if you have to make change for gold. Twenty ounces of silver to one ounce of gold is the historic level.

ccex · February 24, 2007 5:50PM

If I were your waiter, I'd propose these, ignoring what the coins might cost you. Emphasis is on "strangest combination" of U.S. coins that equals $10, made up of no more than one coin for each face value/metallic composition combination. I'm not a currency collector. I won't so greedy and as to demand high grades, Eliasberg pedigrees, or unique varities, and I will insist that they were not patterns, errors, or clandestinely minted. (Relax, TDN, I'm not asking for your 1885 Trade Dollar or 1913 Liberty Nickel).

1 1870-S $3 gold piece
1 1808 quarter eagle
1 1861-D gold dollar
1 1870-S Seated Liberty dollar
1 2006-W Reverse Proof silver eagle
1 Draped Bust, small eagle half dollar
1 1873-CC, no arrows quarter
1 1983-P quarter
1 1876-CC twenty cent piece
1 1873-CC, no arrows dime
1 1802 half dime
1 1877 Shield nickel
1 1942-P War nickel
1 1873 two cent piece
1 Chain Cent
1 1877 Indian cent
1 1796 half cent

OK, that's $9.995, but I'd gladly be willing to round up to the nearest cent for such a tipper. Heck, if the owner of the ex-King Farouk 1933 double eagle sawed in half at the table in front of me to make change for a $10 tip, I wouldn't refuse it.

To get back on topic, which coins/currency that I might conceivably find in circulation would I leave as a $10 tip? This is easier, since I don't collect paper money. If I make it tougher by making this unique tip limited to no more than one of each denomination/composition/type. The strangest combination I can come up with is:

1 $2 bill with the Declaration of Independence signing on the back
1 $1 series 1957-something silver certificate
1 $1 Federal Reserve Note with Joseph Barr's signature as Secretary of the Treasury
1 Bicentennial Ike dollar
1 1971-72 or '77-78 Ike dollar (clad)
1 S.B.A. dollar
1 Sacagawea dollar
1 circulated 1965 half dollar
1 clad Kennedy half dollar
1 Bicentennial clad quarter
1 1965 quarter
1 Roosevelt dime in VG or less
1 Alabama state quarter (If Helen Keller, alone in a room, dropped one of these on the floor, would it make any noise?)
1 "Keelboat" Jefferson nickel
1 "Return to Monticello" Jefferson nickel
1 rusty 1943 cent ( I don't know why I hang on to these anymore)
1 bronze postwar Wheat cent
1 1965 cent
1 1984 cent

I hope that the waitress/waiter will be willing to round this up one more cent. Practically speaking, It will be a couple more years until I actually do this, so we may have a new cent composition or design in two more years.

airedale · February 24, 2007 6:54PM

<< If I were your waiter, I'd propose these, ignoring what the coins might cost you. Emphasis is on "strangest combination" of U.S. coins that equals $10, made up of no more than one coin for each face value/metallic composition combination. I'm not a currency collector. I won't so greedy and as to demand high grades, Eliasberg pedigrees, or unique varities, and I will insist that they were not patterns, errors, or clandestinely minted. (Relax, TDN, I'm not asking for your 1885 Trade Dollar or 1913 Liberty Nickel).

1 1870-S $3 gold piece
1 1808 quarter eagle
1 1861-D gold dollar
1 1870-S Seated Liberty dollar
1 2006-W Reverse Proof silver eagle
1 Draped Bust, small eagle half dollar
1 1873-CC, no arrows quarter
1 1983-P quarter
1 1876-CC twenty cent piece
1 1873-CC, no arrows dime
1 1802 half dime
1 1877 Shield nickel
1 1942-P War nickel
1 1873 two cent piece
1 Chain Cent
1 1877 Indian cent
1 1796 half cent

OK, that's $9.995, but I'd gladly be willing to round up to the nearest cent for such a tipper. Heck, if the owner of the ex-King Farouk 1933 double eagle sawed in half at the table in front of me to make change for a $10 tip, I wouldn't refuse it.

To get back on topic, which coins/currency that I might conceivably find in circulation would I leave as a $10 tip? This is easier, since I don't collect paper money. If I make it tougher by making this unique tip limited to no more than one of each denomination/composition/type. The strangest combination I can come up with is:

1 $2 bill with the Declaration of Independence signing on the back
1 $1 series 1957-something silver certificate
1 $1 Federal Reserve Note with Joseph Barr's signature as Secretary of the Treasury
1 Bicentennial Ike dollar
1 1971-72 or '77-78 Ike dollar (clad)
1 S.B.A. dollar
1 Sacagawea dollar
1 circulated 1965 half dollar
1 clad Kennedy half dollar
1 Bicentennial clad quarter
1 1965 quarter
1 Roosevelt dime in VG or less
1 Alabama state quarter (If Helen Keller, alone in a room, dropped one of these on the floor, would it make any noise?)
1 "Keelboat" Jefferson nickel
1 "Return to Monticello" Jefferson nickel
1 rusty 1943 cent ( I don't know why I hang on to these anymore)
1 bronze postwar Wheat cent
1 1965 cent
1 1984 cent

I hope that the waitress/waiter will be willing to round this up one more cent. Practically speaking, It will be a couple more years until I actually do this, so we may have a new cent composition or design in two more years. >>

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renman95 · February 25, 2007 12:31AM

How about the obvious, 10 George Washingtion Dollar/tokens with no date or mm, no "...God..." and no "...Unum." That would be strange right now.

Ren

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