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Old Dec 27, 2008, 8:19 am
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Originally Posted by zzyzx
It means I once hit a jack pot; I ordered $500 John Quincy Adams when I saw it was available to place an order. I will bring some to Vegas tomorrow, so that I don't need buy in using $20 notes on the blackjack or craps table.
I had a tough time using them in Vegas a few weeks ago.

Took 10 rolls down to the cage at the Venitian and the old cow who I walked up to said "Oh I can't take these, I don't have room for them." She then pointed to her coin tray where there was a miniscule space for the old style silver dollars. I said "They're already rolled, straight from the mint." She said "We have to break them open and count them anyway."

I said "So this casino doesn't want my money... fine, I'll go to one that does."
and proceeded to turn and leave. She stopped me and said "Wait, ok give me one of those." She broke it open, started to stack them in 5's and after the third pile she looked behind me to see the line forming.

"That's all I can take", pushing back the remaining 10 coins from the one roll she broke open. She gave me $15 for the three stacks of 5 she made and said "I just don't have time for this."

Maybe nobody told her we're in the worst recession in ages and all the casinos way down in the revenue they're taking in... it would behoove her to exchange the currency I had to a form I could use it in her establishment. I walked out and took them to the Mirage. They wouldn't take them rolled... insisting that each roll needed to be broken open and every coin counted, but they didn't complain and say they couldn't do it.
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