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Pubs - why do they stick dollar bills inside the bar?

  • 12-06-2018 09:59AM
    #1
    whisky_galore
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    And other foreign/obsolete currency?

    What's that about?


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  • #2
    Hector Savage
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    Cos America rocks!!


  • #3
    seamus
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    It used to be a thing about the regulars heading off to exotic places and coming back with trinkets and souvenirs to display behind the bar. Foreign currency being one of those souvenirs.

    Of course with international travel being so cheap and common nowadays, the whole notion of coming back with "exotic" stuff from America has gone away.


  • #4
    Victor
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    "Character"


  • #5
    Permabear
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    This post has been deleted.


  • #6
    valoren
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    Isn't it something tourists leave as a memento e.g. a canadian bill with a note saying 'Thanks from Bill and Melinda, Toronto, Canada'. Only grievance would be if it wasn't dated. That for me gives the custom a sense of history and longevity to a pub.


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  • #7
    topper75
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    seamus wrote: »
    It used to be a thing about the regulars heading off to exotic places and coming back with trinkets and souvenirs to display behind the bar. Foreign currency being one of those souvenirs.

    Of course with international travel being so cheap and common nowadays, the whole notion of coming back with "exotic" stuff from America has gone away.

    I think you have sussed it.

    Maybe they'll have Martian rocks up amongst the whiskey bottles in 20 years time.


  • #8
    BailMeOut
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    there is a tradition in USA for any business (not just bars) to put a framed dollar bill next to the till from the very first translation that takes place when the business originally opens. Do not know if this is just a tradition or some old/odd legal requirement.


  • #9
    suicide_circus
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    America is pronounced Im-erik-kay


  • #10
    whisky_galore
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    Victor wrote: »
    "Character"

    Along with hanging bicycles off the ceiling and having road signs indoors.

    Cos an authentic Irish pub always had those things. :pac:


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