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My question concerns the term "legal tender." I remember reading years ago that certain huge amounts of loose change can be rejected by a cashier as payment. But what are these amounts? ... But neither Tootsie Rolls nor stamps are "legal tender"--that is, officially recognized as legal payment for debts.
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www.straightdope.com/columns/read/297/is-it-legal-to-pa...
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/297/is-it-legal-to-pay-a-big-debt-in-small-change
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Legal tender - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legal tender or forced tender is an offered payment that, by law, cannot be refused in settlement of a debt, and have the debt remain in force. The origin of the word is from Middle English tendre...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender
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No, only Bank of England notes and coins are legal tender in the UK, and the term applies to forms of payment that should not be refused by a party owed a debt – not your everyday shopping transaction. However, there is an almost endless li...
http://www.currencyconverter.co.uk/questions/are-stamps...
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I can understand the post office not accepting to take stamps and give you cash for them, as they can be bought from Costco for less than their face value, so everyone would just take 100`s of stamps in and get the cash for them. But i dont...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=5...
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ROOT OF ALL EVIL; Given that stamps are legal tender, has anyone ever tried counterfeiting them? If so, with what results? ... Are stamps legal tender ? I can't find any evidence for this, other than David Brent's assertion. ... The give-away was that the stamps' corner letters (in those days, stamps had individual letters...
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www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,,-64010,00.h...
www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/query/0,,-64010,00.html
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he Bank of England has confirmed to me: "stamps are NOT legal tender."; This is a shame. The anarchy created by the upcoming: Scottish Sandwich Slaughter, due to England retailers' refusal to accept Caledonian cash, could have been best avoided by using United Kingdom stamps instead.
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www.cookemedia.co.uk/2007/01/stamps-as-legal-tender.htm...
www.cookemedia.co.uk/2007/01/stamps-as-legal-tender.html
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Are stamps legal tender? Someone once told me that they can be used in shops etc. Is that true? ... I work in Sainsbury's and, we were always taught that stamps are legal tender and we are to accept them! Just in case you ever get to the till and are 28p short!
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www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5288&s...
www.policespecials.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5288&st=0
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I thought that United States currency was legal tender for all debts. Some businesses or governmental agencies say that they will only accept checks, money orders or credit cards as payment, and others will only accept currency notes in denominations of $20 or smaller.
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www.treas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml
www.treas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml
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This covers the export of things like cars, caravans, trailers, motorcycles, stamps and coins (excluding coins that are legal tender in the Republic). Emigrating will officially allow you to take everything out of South Africa with relative ease.
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www.lawkt.com/files/Legal_Tender.html
www.lawkt.com/files/Legal_Tender.html
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