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Pillar of the Community
United States
827 Posts |
I still trip over my own feet to pick up a penny.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1476 Posts |
Find a penny heads up on the ground, pop it in your Left shoe. Good things will happen.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
Remember the penny loafer shoes when you find a penny put it in the slot for Good Luck.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
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I found a 1991 5p lying in the road during my lunch hour today. It was about EF with no recent scratches or damage, so obviously hadn't been there long.
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Valued Member
United States
396 Posts |
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John1
I have no problem picking up a cent,you never know if it's an error or a variety and either way it's still one cent.
John1 Bingo. That's the correct answer, in my opinion. Also, I save money I find and stick it in a jar and donate it to charity at the end of the year. Actually I convert most of the coins to bills and donate the bills. My top year totaled $29.75. Last year was $9 and change and I donated $10. Kinda fun. I've found wheat cents, but never a really valuable one. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
593 Posts |
I dont think I have walked over any coins. Several of those Zinc and clads that are real bad cond. I have even seen a tool etc that fell out of someones car on the road and stop to pick them up. Got some nice ratchets and wrenchs.
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Bedrock of the Community
United Kingdom
17943 Posts |
Yesterday morning, during the course of my usual 15-minute walk from my house to the office, I saw a shiny bronze coin lying in the road and picked it up - it was a 2010 penny, a perfectly normal find. Then I spotted another shiny bronze colored coin a few yards away and picked that one up. I thought it would be another penny, but it was a Finnish 2001 5 cents!
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Pillar of the Community
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"A penny saved is a penny earned." So all pennies I pick up I consider as being saved from going into the storm drain. Less work and cost for the city to clean them out, clean them up, and put them back into circulation. Got 3 yesterday when shopping at different places. That is free tax on a loaf of bread!
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Walking, I would pick up most any coins (esp. pennies in Canada as you don't see them much these days). However, I ride my bicycle to work quite often. If I am in a hurry I won't go back for a small coin I see as I could be a quarter block down the street by time I realize what I saw. If not pressed for time I might stop for it.
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Valued Member
United States
337 Posts |
A US Half-Cent or any international coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
811 Posts |
i pick up every coin I see and put it in a bag.at the end of the year I will count it.i take that money to a bottle show and buy a bottle.its free that way.usually find around 30.00 a year on the ground and in vending machines. later greg
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Pillar of the Community
United States
827 Posts |
If it's a coin I pick it up.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1037 Posts |
I do not have any problem picking up a cent from the ground. I contribute being observant to finding money. I have found a $100 bill, a few $20's & $5's dollar bills here and there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
898 Posts |
I pick every cent I find up. People may look at me funny but hey I have a cent (or 25) more than they do now. So far this year I'm up to $2.67 found. Already paid for a low grade hole filling IHC for myself :) |
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United States
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Two years ago I changed planes at Lisbon airport. I went into the men's washroom and saw a bright shiny 1 eurocent coin in the lavatory bowl, reverse side up! There are so many different types of these - especially with all the German mint marks - that I thought it could well be an addition to my collection! I managed to flick it out onto the floor with the toilet brush, then picked it up in some toilet paper and rinsed it in the sink. Unfortunately it was a 1999 French one, which I already had, so it just went into my spending money! Makes me feel better knowing I'm not the only one, way back when I was like 15, I went into the bathroom at a Burger King, and the urinal was filled with Canadian pennies for some reason. Of course every single one of these went into the sink before my pocket. |
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