Special Quarter

The cashier handed me my change. It included a Canadian quarter. I paid in greenbacks. I debated whether or not to say something.

ME: I think you gave me a Canadian quarter.
CASHIER: Is that a special quarter?
ME: I think they’re pretty standard north of the border.

I kept the quarter. It cost me three-tenths of a Lincoln penny to figure out:

1. The cashier couldn’t readily identify Canada as a country with an independent currency.
2. There’s not much difference between the two currencies right now.