in northern minnesota i used to see canadian coins all the time. loonies and two-nies and quarters were taken and given as change and legal tender. maybe it's not legal, but it was the norm.
here in the south (elizabeth city, NC), i have only seen one canadian coin in the last six months or so... and it was treated like it had the plague. maybe i could sneak in a canadian penny at the seven-eleven for a joke, but would i be arrested?
is canadian currency ever seen where you live? (city and state, please, if you like) is it accepted as 'legal'? or are parts of the US close to the canadian border the only places you'll ever see a loonie?
LOONIE= canadian $1.00 coin
TWONIE= canadian $2.00 coin
2007-03-04 05:35:09 · 13 answers · asked by patzky99 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I used to live in Buffalo,NY,and used to see it all the time. Canadian coins are interchangeable with tolls in Buffalo both sides of the bridge just so you know. I used to save the quarters and have them in my car just to use at the toll booths. There was so many Canadians coming over years ago when they opened the Galleria in Buffalo,that they figured it would save more money to make the money changers accept Canadian coins as American ones. Not a lot of people knew that ,but I tried it once just to see if it worked and it did,and I have done so ever since then.
In Denver,Co you rarely see Canadian money,I received a Canadian Quarter in change the other day,looked at it ,and gave it back to the cashier for an American one. He looked at it like it was the plague also.
Most businesses in Buffalo,NY accept Canadian money and they good at exchange rates off the top of their heads,same goes for Ft.Erie,Ontario,they accept American money at most places,but it is a good idea to exchange your money as soon as you go over the bridge because many places will rip you off with the exchange.
Although the Canadian Ballet's don't seem to mind,for those of you not familiar with that term,oh well..I guess you will have to look that one up ..lol
2007-03-06 17:54:33 · answer #1 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, for one thing, the CBC has been held up as being as biased as FOX News. Canadians are generally fed negative news stories about the US... and some choose to believe it. They cannot seem to praise their own country without denigrating the US for some reason. We alway come up to be compared unfavourably. Its basically ugly behaviour, short sighted and rude. Substitute "black" or "jewish" for "American" in some of the things people say and you can see the bigotry clearly. It really isn't something they should be proud of. Every country has its less than stellar people - Justin Bieber is Canadian and he doesn't know what German is. Does that mean all Canadians are dumb? Americans joke around about Canada, but there is no animosity on our part. Its a one sided bigotry. Why they are proud of being bigots...? I don't know. Who exactly are the rednecks here? President John F Kennedy said of Canada: “Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners. And necessity has made us allies. Those whom nature hath so joined together, let no man put asunder. What unites us is far greater than what divides us.” @finnigan - I used to work in the service industry in NYC years ago and I have the same rude tourist stories about Canadians. (and other nationalities) Tourists are not really reflective of a nationality I find. Where I live now, I have Canadian friends that have told me that they embarrassedly added to the tip when their Canadian family shorts the waitstaff. It comes down to the person really. Some act as if they can do whatever they like since they are only staying a short while; expect to be treated as royalty - and some behave with manners as a guest. According to Reuters, Americans are the second best rated tourist group, after the Japanese. The British actually were always the worst about tipping, in my experience, and the French were the rudest and most demanding (and left the biggest mess). We used to hate waiting on certain nationalities. But I hold tourists as separate from regular folks :)
2016-03-28 23:22:24 · answer #2 · answered by Beth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, out here in SoCal it's not accepted at all anymore, but way back in prehistory when I was a kid most stores would take it. I know that when I lived in Michigan a long time back Canadian coinage was common but have no idea if this is still the case.
2007-03-04 05:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm Canadian and have been to border towns that accept our money at par. I've also gone an hours drive south and the only way they'ld take it was for their kids' show-and-tell.
2007-03-04 05:41:48 · answer #4 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Canadian currency is not accepted where I live, in Philadelphia PA, but it is floating around and yes, I do collect it. I love the way Canadian currency looks. =)
2007-03-04 06:08:01 · answer #5 · answered by spiritcavegrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isn't accepted around where i live (southern NY) but sometimes it ends up (coins) in our cash registers, and we will occasionally get canadian change back - which sucks because you can't really use it anywhere
2007-03-04 05:38:31 · answer #6 · answered by Shellular Kellular 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is accepted in most places here Helena Montana.
2007-03-04 05:39:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only at airports or currency exchanges.
2007-03-04 06:43:34 · answer #8 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I will get some in change, but it's almost impossible to get rid of. (central Illinois)
2007-03-04 05:40:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is accepted - upstate NY
2007-03-04 05:43:19 · answer #10 · answered by jillmarie2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋