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The Mega Penny Project - 100,000,000,000?

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 Posted 02/04/2009  11:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Big-byte to your friends list
More like a nightmare than a dream.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  11:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nod2003 to your friends list
That is enough pennies to sink an aircraft carrier, and have plenty to spare too.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  12:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nod2003 to your friends list
you could also make a little over 14,000 stacks as tall as mt everst.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  12:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The_Duke to your friends list
My first thought was "a million pennies didn't take up much volume..." but if you tried to put them into your pants pockets, you would have a problem.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  1:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add QuickSilver to your friends list
You Lincoln Cent collectors are seriously disturbed!
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 Posted 02/04/2009  2:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add brefos77 to your friends list
That quintillion block would keep me busy for at least a week!

Ok, maybe two weeks...

http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/eighteen.asp
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 Posted 02/04/2009  2:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add snowman to your friends list
Great site! That much metal in circulation certainly demonstrates why we should get rid of the cent.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  3:59 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list


It is about time we stop minting them for circulation; though I have no problem keeping them around for mint and proof sets.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  10:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add XavierOfGreen to your friends list
I disagree , bring back the Half Cent! and start making mills to!!
Im sick of being jipped out of 4 tenths of a cent when I go to the gas station.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  10:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add docsfishn to your friends list
That was interesting. Puts into perspective how many cent rolls there are out there to be searched.
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 Posted 02/04/2009  10:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgans Dad to your friends list
Just how many box's does that come out to?
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 Posted 02/05/2009  08:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add neversuited1 to your friends list

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Yes, yes we are. lol!
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 Posted 02/05/2009  08:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nod2003 to your friends list
40 million boxes.
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 Posted 02/05/2009  08:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basicbob101 to your friends list
And just think about it...that is a drop in the bucket compared to the stimulus plan congress wants to force on us! but its dollars and not pennies. 1 TRILLION dollars....wow.
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