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Rest in Peace
United States
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While in Ireland, a friendly tour bus driver presented me with a set of Euros. When he gave me the 1 Euro, he laughed and asked if I really wanted it. I said sure. It was Irish, 2005, and BU. Of course he wasn't looking at it from a coin collector's point of view. He explained, "We see them on the ground all the time. Usually we don't even bother to reach down and pick them up." Sounds a lot like our Lincoln Cent!  Edited by Gary Burke
05/24/2006 12:14 am
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Australia
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United States
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You beat me to it, gx. The one Euro coin is bimetal and worth $1.28 US. The 1 Euro cent is brown and worth, well, a cent.
I'd bend down and pick up as $1.28 all day long.
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United States
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I am not shy I will do the same for one cent, all day long I find alot og good finds that way
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United States
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When I was a young adult, I refused to pick up a penny on the ground, because I was afraid of what other people would think.
Nowadays, I don't worry so much about ego. I pick up the penny.
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 United States
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Sorry, I meant to write 1 cent. The coin is actually smaller than our Lincoln Cent. Don't know why I wrote 1 Euro. Obviously, I would be scrambling to pick up 1 Euro coins. Again, sorry, guess I didn't have my mind in gear. Edited by Gary Burke
05/25/2006 12:26 am
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Belgium
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary Burke
Sorry, I meant to write 1 cent. The coin is actually smaller than our Lincoln Cent.
Don't know why I wrote 1 Euro.
Obviously, I would be scrambling to pick up 1 Euro coins.
Again, sorry, guess I didn't have my mind in gear.
There are several countries trying to abolish the one and Two Centpiece ( higher prices and less fuss ) When somebody has to give me back in change one cent I patiently wait to get it back because I know if the next purchase ends on 21 cent they will want their 20 cent plus one cent |
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Ireland
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IT IS TRUE I'm BEEN LIVING HERE I IRELAND FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS NOW WELL I MOSTLY WALK GOING TO THE DART AND TO THE BUS STATION THEY DONT PICK IT UP SOMETIMS I FOUND SEVERAL COINS UNDER 20 CENTS DOWN A NUMBER OF THEM IF LOADS OF PEOPLE PASSING IN HERE WHY THEY DONT PICK IT UP NEXT DAY IT WAS THERE BUT ON THE THIRD ONLY SMALLER CENTS 5,2, AND ONE THIS IS JUST MY OPINION UNDER MY OWN OBSERVATION AND WHAT OTHERS TOLD ME THAT IF YOU LEFT SOMETHING IN ONE PLACE THEY WILL PUT IT ON A VISIBLE SITE BUT ON THE SAME PATH FOR THE OWNER TO SEE IT AND RECOVER IT, BUT ON COINS ON THE STREET I DO OFTEN SEE EVEN 50 CENTS LEFT IT IN ONE PLACE ONLY TAKEN BY KINDS FOR ALMOST A MONTH IT WAS THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS PLAYING THEY SAW IT, IT IS TRUE THEY DONT BOTHER PICKING IT UP BUT WHEN I'm ON THE MOOD I PICK IT UP WELL NEXT TIME I WILL PICK ALL THAT I SEE ON THE STREET
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United States
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josie,
What a beautiful country you live in!
Many of the coins I brought back from Europe last week were Irish Euros.
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Ireland
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I do collect euro most of the country but only on circulation not yet buying mint cent and for collectors only most of the country I have double but most of common one I save, have loads of 5,2,1, cents ireland coins if you like some of the country I have double coins just post here will start on small cents then we go up and its variation okay gary
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