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After leaving a few oddball ideas in HippieOutcast's damaged coins topic I got to thinking  ...how many different uses are there for coins?  Soooo...how about it, think we can get to 101 without any repeats? I'll start with a couple of the more obvious ones...and I challenge the forum to add any you can think of! If we get to 101 I'll donate $10 to the forum...if we don't get to 101 I'll donate $10 to the forum. Everybody wins! Thanks everyone and let 'er rip! 1. Pay for stuff 2. Make wishes in a wishing well 3. place under a wobbly table leg |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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use as a screw driver
scratch off lottery tickets
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Use as a fuse (copper penny) - don't really suggest doing this but it will work
Curtain weight
Test depth of tread in tires
Put some coins in a tin can, seal the top with duct tape, you have a noise maker
Coin toss at start of football game
jewelry (according to my wife)
Edited by kena
02/19/2010 07:52 am
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To show off your best ones to your collector friends here on CFF! John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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13. drill a hole in it and make a plumb bob
14. jam someones door with pennies
15. Some foreign coins have a nice hole in the center. These can be used as cheap washers.
Edited by nod2003
02/19/2010 12:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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16. you can make a pin out of it
17. playing quarters
18. collecting (DUH!)
19. selling them
20. flattening on railroad tracks
21. spinning them
22. weight
23. balance weight for paper airplane
ill try and think of more later :)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We're moving toward 101 much too fast, but never mind.
24. Placed on eyes of the deceased.
25. Good luck toss into the pond or fountain.
26. Left as tips for services rendered.
27. (DO NOT DO THIS) At sporting events, thrown at visiting team.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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28. wheels on a toy car
29. toy car track
30. hold pie crust down
31. put inside balloons for party favor
32. put inside easter eggs
33. make a ring
34. put in a coin flattener for a souvenir
35. wood car weights
36. birthday gifts
37. put in penny loafers
38. help explain in math
39. games
40. roof for a doll house
more on the way!
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41. Magic tricks 42. Slingshot ammunition 43. Gluing to a sidewalk as a practical joke 44. Inserting into a Christmas pudding (in Britain, a threepence was traditional) 45. Pressing into clay to make a mould for making cast fake coins 46. Test subject for a chemistry demonstration 47. Source of bullion metal of known purity 48. Coins with religious themes can be turned into religious amulets 49. Evidence to help date an archaeological dig site 50. In mediaeval times, as a touchpiece for conveying the royal touch to cure scrofula (the "King's Evil") 51. Ritual placing at the base of a ship's mast or on the foundation of a building I've got you halfway there.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
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52. Leveling a toilet
53. Getting the kids to do what you want
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Valued Member
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Instruments:Whenever we'd have a drunken percussion session there would allways be someone chinking a few coins together.
Guitar plectrum:Not the greatest but they still work.
Pinball machines.
Frisbees for dwarfs!!
If you ever find yourself in a ninja movie,sharpen a few up for shurikens!!
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60. to pay the ferryman, in order to cross the River Styx.
61. projectiles in shotgun ammunition (see movie "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid", 1973: dimes).
62. projectiles in artillery ammunition (see movie "Lord Jim", 1965: gold coins, as I recall).
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Valued Member
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These are great...keep 'em coming!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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63. melt silver/gold coins
64. rubbing in your face to laugh like a maniac
65. history lesson
66. copper coins in the bird bath to clean the alge
67. betting
68. eyes/buttons on a snowman
69. doll platter
70. to drop off the Empire State Building
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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71. put in jars and use as decorations
72. save them up
73. balloon weight to keep the string down
74. put in a electrical socket
75. put in gaming machines
76. use as mosaics to make a picture
77. put in candle wax to make a coin candle
even more coming!
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Posted 02/19/2010 07:48 am
