Reply #70: But cash should always be accepted

[Clark2008]

Cash doesn't say "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private EXCEPT IN EMERGENCIES."

I understand a company policy limiting the cash to smaller bills for protection, but cash, as in those folks stranded on the highway wanting to pay for $50 in gas with two $20s and a $10 (or even a $50)should have been accepted, PARTICULARLY in an emergency.

And a traveler's check IS cash - it's cash with the added bonus of being protected by the banking institution. It's still legal tender. Heck, electronic funding is legal tender, for that matter.