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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
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 Posted - 06/02/2009 : 15:57:43
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Poll Question:
To ask this question here is already quite biased, but I thought I may ask anyway...
Some of my friends toss pennies aside or "accidentally" drop them on the sidewalk in lieu of having to carry the useless weights around. (I even have one friend who hates dollar bills!)
Personally, I keep all the change I receive (if I leave a tip in the charity jar or on the table it's in bills), but don't usually pick up loose change on the ground, unless it's on heads, of course. I consider myself somewhere in the middle of the range; not quite obsessed, but not exactly indifferent. Where are you?
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As far as I know, it is stated "In God We Trust" on the US dollar. How can I trust this currency if I do not believe in God?
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
When I give my two cents, they're always copper! |
Edited by - vrbsroma on 06/02/2009 15:58:18 |
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NotABigDeal
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
3250 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 20:06:04
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I pick up every bit of change I see. It all adds up....
Deal |
Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it harder for sober people to own cars.
If you want peace, prepare for war. |
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highroller4321
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1971 Posts |
 Posted - 06/02/2009 : 22:05:58
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Originally posted by NotABigDeal
I pick up every bit of change I see. It all adds up....
Deal
Same here! There was a faimly on the newes like last month or something that talked about picking up change. The familes 2 daughteres picked up all the change they saw for like the past 5 years. Cashed it in and it ended up being over $1000!
Vrbsroma I cant belive your asking us if we like pennies. This is a penny forum |
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daviscfad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1300 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 22:10:05
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| i love em! I pick up any coins on the ground also. Not matter heads or tails |
Inquiring minds want to know |
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ScottyTX
Penny Collector Member
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 22:38:45
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| I'm borderline obsessed. My daughter and I routinely walk around with our eyes on the ground looking for pennies and change. Best score to date was 27 pennies (5 coppers), 3 dimes, a quarter, and a nickel in one trip to walmart! My wife rolls her eyes at me all the time, I just simply say hey every penny counts, if they didn't we wouldn't have them! I also used to climb under every coke/vending machine looking for loose change as a child, so some might not call that normal, lol. |
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smartinson
Penny Pincher Member
USA
222 Posts |
Posted - 06/02/2009 : 23:19:52
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| I pick them all up. Always nice to have something jingling in the pocket. |
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jadedragon
Administrator
Canada
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Mikep2020
Penny Pincher Member
USA
205 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2009 : 06:46:47
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I find about 1-2 pennies a day lying on the ground outside or on the floor in my company, and most of the time they are coppers. Found a few dimes as well. Up until about a year ago, I wouldn't bother picking up change on the ground unless it was a quarter, now I scan the ground everywhere I go looking for dropped change.
One sign of obsession is when you get upset that the cashier gives you back a nickel in change when the exact change should've been 4 pennies. I hate when they do that. |
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PennySaved
Penny Collector Member
359 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2009 : 11:00:53
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To be honest, I'll even pick up a penny off the ground if its not heads up. I'll force it to flip heads up and then pick it up. :)
I live by Ben Franklin's saying "A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned"
I have friends that tell me they won't pick up anything less than a quarter up off of the ground.
And I actually saw someone at work pick up a penny and throw it in the trash. I asked them why did they do that and they said its because they never use them. I promptly got it out of the trash (didnt have to wade through anything discusting).
Amazes me how wasteful a lot of Americans have become. |
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M83striker
Penny Pincher Member
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2009 : 11:23:12
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| I use to pick up several pennies in the parking lot of my company and even inside on the floor every week. I placed a glass jar on my desk and put a sign on it saying "penny jar". I have everyone pitching in pennies everyday. I'm not scoring many dollars worth but I don't pick them up anymore cause there finding there way into the jar, lol |
When my wife got after me it sounded like "Blah,Blah,Blah", but now it sounds like "Clink,Clink,Clink". Its amazing what that Ryedale can do for a hounded husband. |
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Computer Jones
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2009 : 18:30:20
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I've pryed pennies out from melted asphalt.
Toss them in the alcohol jar for a while, then into the hoard they go!
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There's profit if you melt things!!
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coinwolf
Penny Pincher Member
USA
137 Posts |
Posted - 06/03/2009 : 21:42:18
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Scotty want to talk about obssed try taking a gas powered blower and blowing under the drink machine, believe me you will be surprised how much change you will blow out from under neath! |
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Pennyworth
Penny Sorter Member
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 00:48:38
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| I pick up all coins and I don't think twice about it being heads or tails up. When I get in line at the grocery store I tend to look at the floor and pick a lane where I see a coin(s) just waiting to be picked up. |
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vrbsroma
Penny Collector Member
354 Posts |
Posted - 06/04/2009 : 14:16:41
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| This reminds me of when I learned to drive. I would look EVERYWHERE for road signs, heck ANY sign, and read/interpret it and follow the instructions if applicable. Bad analogy, but really what I'm saying is, "if you're looking for it, you'll find it!" |
As far as I know, it is stated "In God We Trust" on the US dollar. How can I trust this currency if I do not believe in God?
Possession is nine-tenths of the law.
When I give my two cents, they're always copper! |
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c140cessna
Penny Collector Member
USA
419 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2009 : 10:21:41
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At one time i'd even swap out zinc for copper at the "need a penny/take a penny" dishes.....that was a few years back and a few tons ago....now i do not even keep them in raw change...every chance i get to rid myself of pennies in my pocket change....i do....even the copper ones....
Quite a change for me (yes, punny) - perspective of 7+ tons I guess....
Pretty much hate the penny....and the nickle and the dime.....
Wish we had a $0.20, $1, $2, and $10 coin only....I can't stand filthy rotten $1 FRN bills. This would bring some respect back to coins.
Plus you can toss $1 and $2 coins a lot easier upon the stage at strip clubs as compared to $1's (just kidding....).
They could make modern coins "sound" by alloying with something small like 5% silver.....
Let's just call a silver dime of 90% silver worth about 10X face....roughly (no calculator) 100% silver = 10X face.....so 10% silver would equal face....but let's also say silver is way under valued right now by 2X or more.....just make dimes with 3% - 5% silver content....or better yet, kill the current dime and quarter and make a coin about the size of a nickle and call it $0.20....and then to avoid a massive $1, $2 and $10 coin....just keep them reasonable small aan bump up the silver %...that would roughly make a $10 coin between the size of a quarter and half dollar and be 90% silver. You could make $50 and $100 coins with some very small % of gold.
That is what we need. Even if we revalue Silver at $100/oz and Gold to $5000/oz...this would work.
Just make something sound...even if it is 3% to 5%.... |
Edited by - c140cessna on 06/06/2009 10:29:16 |
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Cinzanos
New Member
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Posted - 06/08/2009 : 19:10:55
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| I normally pick up all the change I see, There is only one time in recent recollection that I didn't pick up some. Someone had a pocket spill in a parking lot in a puddle and there was a couple quarters and a couple dimes which i snatched and about 30 pennies which I took a few of the obvious copper ones but since I felt like a fool sifting through a puddle for pennies, I stopped after a few :/ |
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dakota1955
Penny Hoarding Member
800 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 20:45:50
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| Most of us must love them or we would not most of our time on this board |
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oober
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1051 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2009 : 20:47:48
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Pick up everything I see, didn't a yr ago, but I do now... I even have a metal detector to get the ones below ground. :)
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Pennies -- Love 'em or hate 'em?
