A Storekeeper Cut a Coin in Half to Make Change

Around 1880 or 1881, Ed Fulenwider found himself unable to make exact change on a purchase of about one dollar and twelve and a half cents because he had no pennies. In anger, he picked up a hatchet, took a coin—described as either a nickel or a silver half-dime—and cut it in half. One half of the coin was handed to the customer as change, and the other half was kept by Fulenwider.

Source: Mamie Jones