OT: "half-dollar"/"50 cent piece" Was: Recovering the ROM of an IBM 5100 using OCR

[Alan Perry]

On 6/28/19 1:54 PM, Steven M Jones via cctalk wrote:
> On 06/28/2019 11:11, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
>>
>>> Canada also replaced the $1- and $2-bill with coins (26.5mm and 
>>> 28mm, resp.).
>>
>> Oh, I know. I was questioned by the RCMP for spending a $2 bill that 
>> was in my leftover Canadian cash from a previous trip years before.
>
> Two weeks ago I was in London, and had brought my pound notes/coins 
> from a visit a few years earlier. When trying to buy lunch, the 
> cashier refused my £10 note since new £5 and £10 notes had been issued 
> over a year before. I was advised I could change it at a bank...
>
> So the next day I stopped at a Metro Bank outlet on my way to our 
> local office, but was told they'd only change notes for account 
> holders -- which I can guarantee you I will now never be. But I was 
> told I could go to the Bank of England and they'd change it. The BoE 
> was probably only 20 minutes away by Tube, but I wasn't trying to turn 
> this exchange into a side-quest. :^/
>
> I still have the £10 note. In theory I might be able to exchange it by 
> snail mail, but haven't looked into it yet...
If I had realized that the Canadian $2 bill been withdrawn, I never 
would have spent it and would have instead added it to my collection of 
withdrawn currency.