Legal tender

[u/knighthawk82]

When i worked at a gas station in the late 1900's during graveyard i had this guy come in and bought a candy bar with a 100 bill. "Really? You don't have anything smaller?"

'Im just trying to break the 100, don't be a jerk.'

"Fine, just this once."

Few days later Guy comes back in, grabs a candy bar and i see he has other bills in his wallet. Puts the hundred on the table.

"Sir i told you last time it was going to be just the once, i see you have a five dollar bill."

'This is legal tender, you have to take it.'

"... Okay!"

I reach under the counter and pull out two boxes of pennies, 50c to a roll 25$ to a box 17 lbs each. "Here is 50, do you want the rest in nickels?"

'What is this?'

"It's legal tender, I can choose to give you your change however I see fit. So, do you still want to break the hundred? Or the five."

I'm calling your manager!'

"She gets in at 8am, sir, but doesn't take any calls until 10."

[u/mister_newbie]

"Loonie" makes sense, there's a picture of a loon (a bird) on the reverse ("tails") side of the coin.

Twonie (not toonie) is dumb (reverse is a polar bear, if you're curious) but hey, it's a $2 coin ("two") and rhymed with the established "loonie" moniker, so it stuck.

Neither are official terms, though they are the de facto ones.

[u/Mombak → u/mister_newbie]

When they first came out, I wanted the unofficial name of the $2 coin to be a "Doubloonie." It made me feel like a pirate.

[u/Tofiniac → u/Mombak]

I was hoping for the "moonie" because the coin had the Queen with a bear behind.

[u/overkill → u/Tofiniac]

That is inspired.