Originally Posted by
cayenne92
I have doubts that the Mint can use the cash advance coding for one type of "purchase" but not others. Also another issue with the cash advance is that it will kill the program for even small business. I can't see any business absorbing the costs of a cash advance to get some coins to put them in circulation.
A merchant cannot code *anything* as a "cash advance". Only a bank can. They can code it as a "cash equivalent", which is what they say they will start doing. Cash equivalents do not cost anything more, so your statement doesn't make sense.