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Death to Pennies

Postby Copper Catcher » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:17 am

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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Beervestor » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:27 pm

lol die penny die!!!!!!!!!!! :geek:
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby adagirl » Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:23 pm

nicely done, but I am not ready for the death of the penny. I like the penny.
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Chief » Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:43 pm

The difference is that dimes and nickels are accepted by vending machines, vs. the half-cent.
For many of my years, 26.5, I've thought of change as worthless.
If we discontinue the penny, in the 2 years or so, grace period, I'd spend all my free time sorting for copper. My one millionth copper penny would be the end for me. Time for a new hobby after that...

ETA: I'd like the penny to go away. I want the coppers to melt, melt, melttt..... :twisted:
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby hobo finds » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:09 pm

It won't die it will become steel , plastic or cardboard too many states need the cents for taxes...
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby SilverDragon72 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:48 pm

hobo finds wrote:It won't die it will become steel , plastic or cardboard too many states need the cents for taxes...

True. But what happens when the states begin to round up or down to the nearest 5 cents? You know they won't round down though...
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby SilverDragon72 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:06 pm

hobo finds wrote:It won't die it will become steel , plastic or cardboard too many states need the cents for taxes...


A cardboard penny? Really? I wonder how long one of those would last. :lol:
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Klark Cent » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:20 am

they'll probably start making them out of hardened discs of monsanto corn.
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Engineer » Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:54 am

Klark Cent wrote:they'll probably start making them out of hardened discs of monsanto corn.


I can't say I'd be surprised. ;)
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby fasteddy » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:20 am

SilverDragon72 wrote:A cardboard penny? Really? I wonder how long one of those would last.


My Ryedale tore up the only cardboard penny I have come across when it got stuck under the wheel.
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Doctor Steuss » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:45 am

Copper Catcher wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5UT04p5f7U

I love C.G.P. Grey. He has a lot of really neat and informative videos (one of my favorites is on animal myths).
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Tourney64 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:40 pm

Good video. Minor error only 3% copper right now not 5% copper as video states.
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby fb101 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:50 pm

nice video, but before they pull the penny, let's reduce the copper percentage to about 2%
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby SilverEye » Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:55 pm

That was great!
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Hawkeye » Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:16 am

Klark Cent wrote:they'll probably start making them out of hardened discs of monsanto corn.


:lol:

Probably closer to the truth that I think. Great video. As much as I love my pennies, it would be smart to get rid of them. We have 2 options: 1. Stop inflating the currency and make the penny worth something, 2.Get rid of it and save the country money. Of course, we're dealing with politicians, so they will take secret option #3: do nothing and somehow find a way to make things worse than they already are.
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby Klark Cent » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:24 pm

Hawkeye wrote:
Klark Cent wrote:


Probably closer to the truth that I think. Great video. As much as I love my pennies, it would be smart to get rid of them. We have 2 options: 1. Stop inflating the currency and make the penny worth something, 2.Get rid of it and save the country money. Of course, we're dealing with politicians, so they will take secret option #3: do nothing and somehow find a way to make things worse than they already are.



My thoughts exactly!
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby iatetacos » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:41 pm

quite frankly i would be ok with them ceasing production of them and legalizing the melting of them as long as they didnt try to insist on collecting them all and letting them play themselves out...
either that or at least let me take my coppers to the scrap yard lol
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby merchoarder » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:50 am

Klark Cent wrote:they'll probably start making them out of hardened discs of monsanto corn.

Well done!! Probably the funniest/best post I've read in while. Monsanto... been thinking of them a lot lately. Well it's past my bedtime and I'm over my limit of adult beverages so I'm not gonna start to rant, maybe tomorrow... Monsanto... Anyway, Thanks for the chuckle, Monsanto... :evil:
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby creshka46 » Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:00 pm

Beervestor wrote:lol die penny die!!!!!!!!!!! :geek:


Laces out, penny!!!
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Nickels: $6500 - (62)war - (23)buf - (1)V nic - (4) key date jeff's
Dimes: $5000 - (24)roos - (2)merc - (2)AgCAN
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby thesilvertiger » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:02 pm

Klark Cent wrote:they'll probably start making them out of hardened discs of monsanto corn.


Sounds better than eating the corn! :lol:
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Re: Death to Pennies

Postby hobo finds » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:11 pm

The made sales tax tokens out of cardboard. http://www.brianrxm.com/dirhtm/cnssalestax.htm
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