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Valued Member
United States
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Coin Addict: Wrong coin show. I made the same mistake. They are talking about a show in Canada.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Did anyone else enter the contest to guess how many pennies were used to make that floor display?
The contest closed at noon EST today and the winners are to be announced tomorrow. Much of farewell to the penny stuff for prizes.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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i guessed and my girlfriend also guessed, I went all mathematical and found out the radius and average amount of pennies in a square inch, I don't remember what my guess was, any one want to share there's? my girlfriend said her's was 30,000 I believe
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yikes. I guessed 4 times as many as your GF...lol
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Quote:
are you talking about the shopping channel? where he claims in the floor he built in his store he only found THREE 2012 pennies? . Yes, I was actually referring to this. I find this statement misleading to consumers. While it may be true at the time he did this, if he were to do this again at the present moment, I am sure he would find a little more than 3 2012 pennies.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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LOL I'm watching it now, I will quote his exact words...
"i challenge you right now to walk into a bank with a 100$ bill and buy 10,000 1 cent coins, I bet you will not find more than 1 2012 penny" HOW CAN HE SAY THAT!
and CC - her guess was completely a guess.. I guessed around 80,000 :)
and I completely agree with you Lithanial.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Watching too. He's a lawyer so he's pretty careful with what he says which I think it was "I'd be surprised it you find more than one". He also said they went through 10's of thousands of coins and found only 4.  So if there is one in every ten thousand and they found 4, then maybe there are 40,000 pennies on the floor in the shop? Your GF might be smarter than we are....
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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haha I do agree haha, it'd be nice! he's a lawyer eh?
"i have spent a lot of money on my collection but over time it has doubled"
3 million now worth 6 million I would guess, I would LOVE to see his collection
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Quote: i challenge you right now to walk into a bank with a 100$ bill and buy 10,000 1 cent coins, I bet you will not find more than 1 2012 penny" HOW CAN HE SAY THAT!
I went to the bank the other day with $50.00 and came out with 5000 2012 magnetic pennies. Went to another bank the following day with another $50.00 and came out with another 5000 2012 magnetic pennies. So much for his theory. 
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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FYI - Penny contest number was 58923. Winner as off by only 360 coins.
Amazing.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I went by the math, and mistaken in 10.000 only  Seen this installation in personal - looks very nice. Even my son spent 5 minutes on it, looking through the glass on the coins. BTW, they used also a Large Penny too.
Edited by Silveroid 12/10/2012 12:25 pm
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Valued Member
 Canada
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I bought a soda today and got a penny in my change, and behold, another 2012 penny.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Deal of the week at his store. 5 rolls of zinc and 5 rolls of copper, just $68.88 while supplies last.....
"Canada's Last 1 Cent Coin Extremely Low Mintage Predicted
After a 154 year history, Canada's one cent coin was officially discontinued on May 4, 2012. While 2012 mintage figures will not be released until the spring of 2013, these coins are nearly impossible to find in change, reminiscent of the rare 1991 quarter (which now sells for about $500 per roll). To make this issue even more interesting, two distinctly different types of coins were produced during the short production run. The first coins were produced using magnetic copper plated multiply steel blanks, while coins produced after this first run were struck using non-magnetic copper plated zinc blanks. While both varieties appear to be scarce, we have found the copper plated steel coins to be the most difficult to obtain.
While our supplies last, we are pleased to offer original mint rolls and original mint boxes of both major varieties of Canada's last 1 cent coin. We also have a small quantity of original sealed mint boxes date stamped on the very last day of issue, May 4, 2012. Individual mint rolls come with a custom "Last Issue" special wrap. Original mint boxes include standard shrink wrap rolls without a special custom wrap. "
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think that maybe he was speculating on the day it was announced that there would be no more pennies struck in Canada. Big mistake because now he looks quite silly. Don't trust a prophet who's in the position to make a profit.
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