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Which Coin Takes The Most Beating In Circulation?

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 Posted 04/02/2009  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DNA to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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wheezydog: "(Quarters) make a great "tip" for the waitress."


The day that the DC Quarters came out, I took a friend out to a nice uptown Italian restaurant, just an hour after I went to the Denver Mint.
I tipped the waitress with a BU roll of DC Quarters, because I lacked a $10 bill after my Mint visit.

Waitpersons are always happy to get $1 notes and Quarters!
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 Posted 04/02/2009  12:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add PennehChaos to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Quarters certainly get banged around by more vending machines and such, but pennies are a lot more likely to sit in a parking lot and get run over a bunch of times, stuck to things with bubble gum, dipped in soda or ketchup, thrown into wishing wells, fired out of slingshots... and of course, Zincolns are about as durable as cheese.

I've got a cup full of Lincs that I know are too wrecked to go through the bank's coin counter properly... You really don't see quarters as messed-up as that.
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 Posted 04/02/2009  12:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
LOL DNA! A whole roll! I just meant a quarter tip!


Of course I am only kidding.
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 Posted 04/02/2009  2:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ErrorCoins222 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I choose the golden dollar because even thought they don't circulated that much, when I get one in change they are scratched up, lost all of their colar and are dark.
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 Posted 04/02/2009  8:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I voted the Sac/Pres dollar. The plating on them discolors even in storage.
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 Posted 04/02/2009  10:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add meckl9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I voted quarter based on how often it is used.
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 Posted 04/05/2009  2:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add copper nickel daddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I found this to be an intriguing question!
So, I did an experiment.

I took this perfectly nice 1990 (Z)incoln Cent.....

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0722.jpg

and took a photo of it last night.

Before I went to bed, I BREATHED ON IT!!

This morning.....

http://i591.photobucket.com/albums/...DSCF0723.jpg

I would have to answer this question with, "(Z)incoln Cent!
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Before I went to bed, I BREATHED ON IT!


STAY AWAY FROM CND's BREATH!!

Wow! I'm going to try this tonight, too!
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 Posted 04/05/2009  6:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadThad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The cent, hands down....abused and neglected!
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 Posted 04/05/2009  6:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DNA to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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wheezydog: LOL DNA! A whole roll! I just meant a quarter tip!


If there's one thing I do, I leave proper (20%+) tips. Years ago, I had a waiter totally screw up our entire table's orders, and he profusely apologized and said that I did not have to leave a tip.

I gave him $1 for honesty!

I would rather leave no tip than just 25¢, an amount that low is just plain spiteful....
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 Posted 04/06/2009  08:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim Archibald to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I live in New England and I'll tell you, I've seen some Cents that were hardly recognizable. They rot out from the inside and really do not survive well through a Winter on the street. ~ Jim
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 Posted 05/31/2009  9:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hawk1969 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I say its the quarter due to the amount of usage.
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Although Quarters get the most use, Zincolns LOOK like they get the most use. And with the looks of some of the halves I've seen roll searching, they could have been added to this poll. Alot of the later dates look like a brinks truck turned over on I-95 and they were run over repeatedly by trucks!
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