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Pillar of the Community
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Yes the banks collect them for melting.
Some will still sell you cents that customers have brought in.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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So I had better get busy on collecting them, huh?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Now I feel like holding history in hand with just a bunch of pennies. Nickel will be next...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Sadly, the US will lose the penny eventually too.
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United States
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Sadly, the US will lose the penny eventually too. Long past due, but too many down here are scared to give it up.  I am throwing a huge party if it ever happens.  |
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United States
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I still see them way down here in CO but don't keep track of it (or keep them). Last time I rolled up our change jar a month or so ago there were one or two Canadian cents in there. They're always QEII and nothing earlier than late 60s.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nickel will be next... That'll be a tough one. When the nickel is discontinued the quarter will become practically useless and it will have to be done away with or replaced with a Twenty Cent coin. And look for a new fifty cent coin at the same time. Though they have not been issued for circulation in the last twenty years, they will reappear when the nickel is gone. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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United States
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Quote: When the nickel is discontinued the quarter will become practically useless and it will have to be done away with or replaced with a Twenty Cent coin... And look for a new fifty cent coin at the same time. Here is my take, which applies to US or Canada; your opinion may vary... Retire the nickel and quarter while introducing a smaller fifty cent coin. Symbolically: the dime becomes the new cent, the new fifty cents is the new nickel. Canada already has its (no so) new dime (Loonie) and newish quarter-adjacent (Toonie). Yes, we need those down here.  |
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Quote:That'll be a tough one. When the nickel is discontinued the quarter will become practically useless and it will have to be done away with or replaced with a Twenty Cent coin. And look for a new fifty cent coin at the same time. Pretty much a description of New Zealand's modern coinage, which, ironically, was/is partially minted by the Royal Canadian Mint. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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As long as Kentucky and Illinois have Republican reps, the penny and Lincoln's home states will never be eliminated.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I hope we don't emulate the Kiwis in more ways than one. We won't really need the Twenty Cent coin. They don't plan on striking any circulation coins in 2023, someone on this forum has suggested Canada will do the same this year. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
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They don't plan on striking any circulation coins in 2023, someone on this forum has suggested Canada will do the same this year. I haven't heard this, but I did recently see/read in the news that the Government of Canada has not yet made a decision (indecisive as they typically are) about what they want to do on the obverse-side of Canadian coins going-forward. It's no secret the Trudeau government has taken steps to distance themselves from the monarchy, with the most appalling being the non-celebration of the jubilee of the most momentous reign in history, of her (now) Late Majesty. I would therefore not put it past the highly unconventional Trudeau government to use the timing of Charles' ascension to the throne to now possibly consider removing our Head of State from our currency. A possible coin production embargo certainly affords the government time to drag-out such a decision; which is also typical of them... Sorry, didn't mean to stray off-topic, just responding in chronology sprinkled with some ranting.   |
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The two pennies in question:  |
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The two pennies in question: Nice to see them!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I know a young collector here in Minnesota who will find 500 Canadian pennies in his Birthday gift.
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Posted 01/03/2023 7:06 pm
Uncirculated American Silver Eagles 
