US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

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US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Tourney64 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:53 pm

Just heard the news that the US Mint has decided the US penny is finally going to be discontinued. Looks like we can commence cashing in soon.
http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/april1/
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Market Harmony » Tue Apr 01, 2014 12:58 pm

link?











oh crap.... YOU!!!! I got it, now

Good one.

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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby justoneguy » Tue Apr 01, 2014 1:45 pm

I was waiting. :clap:
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby henrysmedford » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:24 pm

It is April first today.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Hawkeye » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:25 pm

:clap: Well played. :clap:
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:31 pm

Not fair!
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby AGgressive Metal » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:34 pm

They got tired of Adam Youngs taking them all.
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Rodebaugh » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:35 pm

:lol:

Nice work sir. ;)
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby OneBiteAtATime » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:43 pm

sometimes I don't care very much for this group.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Chief » Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:51 pm

I did get my hopes up for about 5 seconds. Well played. :clap:
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby theshoenlebens » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:10 pm

:clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Lemon Thrower » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:21 pm

reminds me of this 2011 announcement regarding Treasury's decision to lift the melt ban:

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=4661&p=42633&hilit=april#p42633
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby CLINT-THE-GREAT » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:33 pm

This was the ONLY April Fools that got me all day. I have avoided the news all day, and the one place I thought we were safe.... BAM!!!

The roller coaster of emotions i had for about 10 seconds was hilarious....

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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Rastatodd » Tue Apr 01, 2014 3:40 pm

Sat down after a 10 hour day at work, started up the computer and booted up Realcent and found this and clicked on the link. it was good for a laugh. :lol: Thank you gentlemen, much appreciated.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby 8bluecrayon » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:09 pm

Oh Man....Got me. Heard from a friend, told me to get on RC and check it out.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby dakota1955 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:19 pm

got me also
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby SilverDragon72 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:05 pm

Ok...I was fooled for about 1 second! :o

BOO!!!!!!! :lol:
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Tourney64 » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:13 pm

Was surprised there were no similar April 1st posts pretty late in the day. Hope everyone enjoyed the post. Thanks to the admins for highlighting the post on the site.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby CU Baker » Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:52 pm

Now thats funny, i don't care who you are! :)
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby johnbrickner » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:16 pm

Jeez, got me too! Well done.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby mtalbot_ca » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:47 pm

Nicely done! Let's see what will happen next year....
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby hirbonzig » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:58 pm

Good job! Had me fooled for a few seconds.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby OtusLotus » Tue Apr 01, 2014 8:04 pm

Oh how I wish it was true!
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Dave » Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:59 am

I'm still pissed, good one.
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Re: US Penny to be discontinued Jun 2014

Postby Numis Pam » Wed Apr 02, 2014 2:36 pm

My first thought when I saw the new thread link.... " Yeah, things will really start picking back up on RC now!" :thumbup:

Second thought when I clicked the link.... "OH *$#@T**@!!!! Got me!" LOL :clap: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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