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chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 05/22/2015 09:30 am Source: http://twistedsifter.com/2015/05/40...0-years-ago/ Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 191622 Posts	Posted 05/22/2015 10:31 am Interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 05/22/2015 6:04 pm OK I can just see someone trying to measure something by placing coins one at a time from one to the other. So how many coins long is your car? Report this Post to the Staff
DBM Pillar of the Community Canada 9879 Posts	Posted 05/26/2015 12:56 am Quote: So how many coins long is your car? My truck is 244 Canadian large cents long, and weighs 460,000 Canadian nickel nickels. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning... -from PCGS website Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 191622 Posts	Posted 05/26/2015 10:15 am Quote: My truck is 244 Canadian large cents long, and weighs 460,000 Canadian nickel nickels. Nice. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 05/26/2015 12:24 pm This is an old idea that goes back to at least 1797 when the new pence and two pence cartwheels were to weight 1 and 2 oz and 10 of the 1 pence or 8 of the two pence laid side by side were to measure 1 foot. Report this Post to the Staff
Bertensgrad Pillar of the Community United States 1192 Posts	Posted 05/26/2015 12:30 pm I was only aware of the canadian large cent was a inch never realized about the half penny. Report this Post to the Staff
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