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PennyPauper
Penny Sorter Member
USA
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 Posted - 08/12/2009 : 20:15:23
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My wife told me she had seen this story on pennies this morning.
http://www.wnep.com/wnep-numb-authorities-investigating-wierd-pennies,0,2047138.story
No word on if they are copper or zinc :)
Goes to show,you never know what coins can have on them or where
they have been.I always wear gloves and have only had one batch of cents that were so nasty I refused to sort and dumped in the free counters my banks have.
So...whats the worst batch other members have gotten SKUNKED with?
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natsb88
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1290 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2009 : 21:11:44
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Interesting. Thanks for posting; I didn't catch the news yesterday or today. We can't be too far away if we both watch WNEP PennyPauper  |
Nate
The Copper Cave
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Computer Jones
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2009 : 22:13:52
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They had to have been dug up in Jersey and dumped over the State line.
Probably the tip of a Penny laundering scheme connected to black market organs! |
There's profit if you melt things!!
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1007 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2009 : 22:39:34
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| Based on the video pictures and coroding I would say they are zinc. Anyone dumping their pennies there? |
Edited by - Tourney64 on 08/12/2009 22:40:09 |
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1971 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 00:11:19
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| Wow banks just get stupider and stupider! Another waste of taxpayer dollars having the FBI and hazmat and everything else come. |
Copper penny Investing
www.portlandmint.com |
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Copper Catcher
Administrator
USA
1342 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 06:28:46
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| Oh... so am I suppose to call hazmat every time I find dirty or off color pennies now! Ugh... |
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barrytrot
Penny Collector Member
USA
409 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 08:13:37
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I haven't been this confused since I watched America's Got Talent send through the Shirly Temple looking girl with Zero singing ability while they dissed the wonderful singer with the Cleft Pallet.
What was the problem? The pennies were burned or damaged. So what?
My gosh. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1356 Posts |
Posted - 08/13/2009 : 10:33:03
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OH NO. I have a bunch of "suspicious" looking pennies that came out of one of the 25 bags of pennies I sorted this week.
A bunch of dirty and corroded zincs.
I hope the dump bank does not see these while I am dumping or I might find myself being detained.
Before I go dump these can someone give me their phone number....I might need it for my one phone call....LOL |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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natsb88
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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PennyPauper
Penny Sorter Member
USA
66 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 15:54:44
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Thanks for the update.After reading the story I am left with only more questions.
quote "Ulrich said the coins were from packets of wrapped pennies, not from loose change accepted from a customer.."
Wonder where they get there coin service from? Anyone sort nearby? |
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hobo finds
Penny Pincher Member
224 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 16:22:29
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| If you are these businesses and the FBI seizes $100.00 in pennies do you get your money back? |
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sheba
Penny Pincher Member
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 22:51:18
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Originally posted by hobo finds
If you are these businesses and the FBI seizes $100.00 in pennies do you get your money back?
Probably not, if any of the FBI team are penny collectors  
Sheba |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1356 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 23:30:08
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So what, I see pennies that look like that all the time.
For those that live up north I hear that if a penny is on the street or sidewalk during the winter that the slag/salt used to melt the snow eats them up like this also.
Or if you have some drop in your garage or floor board of your car they can get pretty nasty that way too.
Coppers hold up soooo much better than the zincs. |
You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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natsb88
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1290 Posts |
Posted - 08/14/2009 : 23:43:10
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quote:
Originally posted by slickeast
So what, I see pennies that look like that all the time.
It's not the condition of the pennies that is unusual, it's the chemical burns they caused on the two people that handled them. |
Nate
The Copper Cave
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biglouddrunk
Penny Sorter Member
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Posted - 08/15/2009 : 01:48:22
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| During some lonely night at the lab where I worked I would melt a penny every now and then in nitric acid it's pretty cool it let off a red gas. |
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slickeast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1356 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2009 : 02:04:38
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money is nasty. there is no telling where they were and what is on them, so they are gonna waste a lot of money trying to figure it out. grease lightning or toilet bowl cleaner can cause skin irritation . maybe someone was using a container to store their change that had a chemical residue in it that caused this.
I think the whole investigation is stupid
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You don't have to be the BEST you just have to be.......SLICK
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TXTim
Penny Collector Member
465 Posts |
Posted - 08/15/2009 : 12:35:32
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Beer is my currency. |
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Peculiar Pennies Found In Milton
