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That whole full faith and credit thing almost took a major hit today when I picked up a pizza for dinner.

While fishing for change to pay the part of the bill after the decimal point, I found I didn't have enough small change but did find a dollar coin that I tossed in to pay. The cashier yelled back to the apparent manager holding it up, "do we take these?"

Before he could answer her in the affirmative, I found I blurted out with some surprise in my voice, "It's a dollar!"

I mean, really. It's not like I was trying to pass off Chuck-e-Cheese tokens.