Blasphemy!

I thought that it was larger coins that were used for curtain weights...quarters or other larger coins at least that is what my grandmother used.

So another place to look for silver coins?

I have to agree, although they won't do so good for number 7.

At least they can be recovered and reused.
Better than sticking them in some machine that stretches them out of shape.

Steve

wow, bryan - that's a good one... where'd you hear that?

My favorite use in college was to wedge a few cents in the crack of a door in the dorms. The person in the room cannot open the door if done properly. Tough when you're late for class.

I have been on both ends of that prank; on more that one occasion! I fondly remember the sound of hundreds of cents hitting the floor when my neighbour took their door off the hinges.

That comment about the fish tank....makes me think of a friend of mine that has a large 75 gallon tank I gave to him as a gift. I was visiting him and I noticed he had a couple 90% silver halves he had setting in the tank. I thought I'd add my own contribution. I tossed in a random zincoln I had in my pocket that looked shiny enough to stand out. I visited him again a months later and stopped to look at the zincoln I threw in.....it was completely dissolved except for the copper clad layer. It looked like a shell of a penny swaying with the tank currents. I reached in to retrieve it, but that was a failed effort. I did not realize how this that copper coating must have been. It dissolved into flaky copper dust when I touched it.

That made me think too, good quality zincolns may be an item in the far future. I realy have to agree with collectors that set aside the very good ones when roll hunting. They have no durability to the elements, apparently.