Once again John at The Sound of One Hand Typing came up with some good writing prompts for people last week. One was to write a post in a mere ten lines, so here we go…
I got a counterfeit coin in my change at the supermarket this week. Actually, not so much counterfeit as an obvious fake – a medal the exact size and weight of a quarter, but gold-colored and with some sort of angel on it. When I looked at this, at first I thought it was one of those Presidential dollar coins you occasionally see which stores don’t like since their cash registers don’t have a compartment for. But upon looking more closely, I saw it wasn’t. It might have been a casino token, or maybe a little “good luck” medal some religious charities send out with letters asking for donations. It doesn’t really matter. I wasn’t mad, I was more incredulous. I felt sorry wondering how hard up you’d have to be to try and pass off a fake 25 cent coin at a store. And also wonder how those high-tech coin sorters they utilize missed something that a human eye could pick up on at a glance. Maybe people are still better than machines after all?
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