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except in usa it is not, and never has been, a penny. that's for the british, mind you. and for certain crown colonies that like to adorn their oversize bronze coins with strange animals, such as kangaroos. our version is the cent. since the early seventeen nineties, up until the last slug is fed into the stamping press. ours was, and always will be, a cent. do I detect the scent of controversy?   okay, I will stop making sense now. y'all can go back to re-rolling all those dirty, corroded zincolns that you had to slog through while hunting for that non-existent '14-D. and the sooner those clad abominations disappear from the sentient world, the happier we all will be.    Edited by mysilveryears
03/13/2026 09:39 am
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I gave up trying to tell everyone that ten years ago. Sisyphean task. Good luck! By the way, the US never made any nickels, either. Says "Five Cents" on them.  Okay, silliness aside, how may elongated cent fans are headed to New York?  |
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how may elongated cent fans are headed to New York? i am a mere two hours from there, but I hate that drive. anyone up for a carpool?  i have a pint jar of pre-82 cents to sacrifice for the cause, because we all know that machine is gonna produce some hot topic collectibles.  |
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i am a mere two hours from there, but I hate that drive. Waze tells me it is an 11+ hour drive from here. Quote:
anyone up for a carpool? I have a pint jar of pre-82 cents to sacrifice for the cause... Yes! Someone help MSY get there to do this! You all can sell them here. I would buy a set. |
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For anyone too lazy to watch the video, here are the pressed pennies elongated cents...   |
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That was a fun show segment to watch. I'll take the penny design on my elongated cent.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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I might take a few down to the rail yard and press a few out
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By the way, the US never made any nickels, either. Says "Five Cents" on them. I don't care what the flow is; I have always called them Cents, just as they have had boldly stamped on the reverse since the first Cents were made. Funny thing about Nickels: presumably, the reason we call them that is due to their composition. But, if that's the case, we should be calling them Coppers. Except that then people would likely assume you were talking about Cents, which have been 97.5% Zinc for over four decades. |
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There were also those pennies cents minted from 1856-1864 that were called nickels. |
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"Four? Score!"
Funny skit, thanks!
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For those of you who say the mint has only manufactured cents and not pennies, that may be, but our banks have been giving out penny wrappers ever since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913.  |
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Calling a one cent piece a penny is not incorrect - it's a widely accepted and understood colloquialism. Just my Two Cents. |
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That was actually funny.  Next, cease the production of ALL coinage. Everything should rounded in favor of the buyer to the nearest dollar (for cash customers). Cards pay exact to the cent. Also, merchants should automatically adjust prices to build in the tax so all final transactions round to $1. No guesswork before you get to the register anymore. Yes, call me the Grinch of circulating coinage! Our government has inflated our currency so badly that coinage is insignificant in daily use. People drop it and don't pick it up. Folks even feel guilty giving a beggar less than a dollar - just a few coins is like an insult, as odd as that sounds. We expend countless amounts of manpower, energy and pollution in the creation, handling and transportation of metal disks that have virtually no buying power in 2026. The ancient practice has been around for thousands of years and no longer serves a purpose. No need to be cavemen trading pretty stones or shiny disks, it's the 21st centry. Coins have become more of an inconvenience than a convenience to our modern, card-loving society. No more making, carting around and handling near worthless disks of metal. END IT ALL  Edited by BadThad
03/15/2026 12:22 am
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Well then somebody tell the US MINT to stop calling cents - "Pennies"  https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coins-...-coins/penny The U.S. Mint first issued this design in 2010. The obverse (heads) shows the image of President Abraham Lincoln used on the penny since 1909. The penny was one of the first coins made by the U.S. Mint after its establishment in 1792. The design on the first penny was of a woman with flowing hair symbolizing liberty. The Lincoln Penny obverse showed the image of Lincoln designed by Victor David Brenner that is still used today. Unusual Pennies: In 1943, pennies were made of zinc-coated steel because copper was needed during World War II.  |
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Next, cease the production of ALL coinage. Everything should rounded in favor of the buyer to the nearest dollar (for cash customers). Cards pay exact to the cent. Also, merchants should automatically adjust prices to build in the tax so all final transactions round to $1. No guesswork before you get to the register anymore.
Yes, call me the Grinch of circulating coinage! Our government has inflated our currency so badly that coinage is insignificant in daily use. People drop it and don't pick it up. Folks even feel guilty giving a beggar less than a dollar - just a few coins is like an insult, as odd as that sounds.
We expend countless amounts of manpower, energy and pollution in the creation, handling and transportation of metal disks that have virtually no buying power in 2026. The ancient practice has been around for thousands of years and no longer serves a purpose. No need to be cavemen trading pretty stones or shiny disks, it's the 21st centry.
Coins have become more of an inconvenience than a convenience to our modern, card-loving society. No more making, carting around and handling near worthless disks of metal. END IT ALL Wow, Thad, that's quite a statement to make on a website for coin collectors! No more coins! Hmmm... |
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