Give A Penny, Take A Penny...

steve,

For what it's worth, I got it

Sorry to bump this but I happened to be cleaning my office and came across an old red and brown box that once held $25 worth of coins machine wrapped 50 to a roll, 50 total rolls. What does it say on the outside of the box? It says "$25 Pennies", not "$25 Cents"...sorry had to share. :)

All of my pennies are in whitmen folders or boxes and all of my cents are in 2x2s or in 3rd party graded slabs : )

Mrs. Lincoln

I call them pennies and they are the main focus of my life study. Of course they are cents, but I don't use that word unless descrbing them by series - Lincoln Cent, Indian Head cent. You would NEVER hear me say " Lincoln Penny".

Anyone who makes a point of correcting the term is a little overboard.

I think we need to start saying "A cent saved is a cent earned" and "A cent fot your thoughts" that's my two pennies worth. It's all a bit centsless.

By the way, I've been collecting them for a couple years now and still can't decide whether to call them "nickel 3 cents" or "3 cent nickels".

It occurred to me this morning that this is the only denomination of coin the U.S has issued where you cant have a pile of them that equals exactly a buck. OK, sorry, I'm rambling...

Let's really throw some stuff in the mix and remember that at some points in the history of our nation, they were called "coppers". At least thats what some history books I read back when I was a yonker had to say.....and it's DIET PEPSI, not Pepsi that is the soda to drink.......

Unfortunately, most soda drinks use a lot of chemicals for flavoring and you need to step up to the gourmet blends. I'm not a big soda drinker but I like root beer. Some of the best stuff I tasted is Bulldog's and Virgil's. Be ready to spend about $1-$1.50 per 12 ounce glass bottle though.

-- Boris