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When you see a penny on the ground.....
coindudeonebay
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Do you pick it up because you are "frugal" or because you want to see the date!
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coindudeonebay
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bob
I never pick up pennies, nickels or dimes off the ground..
"“Those who sacrifice liberty for security/safety deserve neither.“(Benjamin Franklin)
"I only golf on days that end in 'Y'" (DE59)
I think the ground has gotten to far away as I got older. Don't know why others don't pick it up though.
Richard
my car art & My Ebay stuff
<< <i>Both, I think. It's usually a memorial cent, but it's tax free income, donchaknow? >>
To Warren Buffet it would be the start of his next billion!
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Sure, I get laughed at.
"A penny saved is a penny earned"
And, "hope springs eternal"
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<< <i>I pick one or all of them up.........I get laughed at.......no problem. Throwing coins away is disrespectful to the country. >>
I've always thought that, too.
So I pick them up.
Probably the food to replace the calories expended in getting my 6' plus frame to the ground and back costs over a penny.
The other day my Indian proof slab fell off my desk on to the floor. I picked it up.
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<< <i>Do you pick it up because you are "frugal" or because you want to see the date! >>
i pick it up because it's money. does that make me frugal? i don't consider myself frugal, but maybe i am.
i do check the date though. zincs i put in rolls and deposit in the bank. coppers i put in a jar.
many times i find more than just pennies on the ground. i found a $100 bill once. i watched people step on it before i got to it.
Greg Hansen, Melbourne, FL Click here for any current EBAY auctions Multiple "Circle of Trust" transactions over 14 years on forum
I do confess to tuning my metal detector to not pick up zinc pennies.The zinc peeny that's been in the ground for awhile makes better fertilizer for the grass than it does spending money.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.-Albert Einstein
And I pick up every one.
Hoard the keys.
<< <i>Neither.
I never pick up pennies, nickels or dimes off the ground.. >>
Or quarters.
Any money I leave on the ground that others might later pick up is NOT left in the spirit of either numismatic or financial generosity. Even if I dropped it myself.
Enlightened self-interest perhaps, but I think of it as pragmatic..
I figure the money left behind is less than a co-pay for my chiropractor.
If I missed a Strawberry Leaf I haven't heard about it locally. . . .
In another of my numismatic Tales from the Crypt I offer....
I have left maybe 25 counterfeit Maple Leafs seized as evidence in an attempted sting. They are round and golden-colored and have the Queen, but are arm's-length obvious.
A couple of times a year, I take a couple to a major show and silently drop one near a table. Dealer side...., collector side.... I wish I had video tape. . . . .
For Parsippany attendees, some whom might known of his specific table location and history, additional amusement. There is a (to some) "known thief" who sets up there. His Maple Leaf required quite subtle surreptitious placement. Closer to the dealer side of the table yet still visible to the aisle-based viewer. Two "knowledgeable" friends also watched discreetly. . . . .
I know I hit a hot button. No names is public. But it should be easy to figure out. All PMs on this will be ignored.
Ask any dealer you know at the show who doesn't specialize in Standing Quarters if he ever heard about a $100K S-Mint coin that went missing at Bowers lot pickup about 5-6 years ago.
Security tapes were checked. No "hand-with-a-coin-in-it" moment. Auction company employees were grilled for a week.
Both TPGs were given the images, and a bit less than a year later the coin was submitted and easily identified. The submitter, who was easily placed in the lot pickup situated nearby the purchaser (no hand-with-a-coin-in-it moment, but one of quite a few within 10 feet of the Bowers pickup table) averred that he bought the coin at some show or another for $10,000 green, no receipt, no invoice. The owner got the coin back, then back into the holder, no one was charged, and now a few more people know. Even though his check might be good, many, myself included, wouldn't take his cash if he counted it wearing rubber gloves. . .
Please let's treat the standard moralizations as Off Topic. Submitted as a comic twist at the happy ending to an ugly story.
And now back to Silly thread!! Happy thread!! . . .
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Don
I used to have a job where I did a lot of driving. When I stopped at a convenience store for coffee I'd always look on the ground. One day I decided to keep a container
in the car to see how much I picked up over one year. It came out to $28 and change.
I have a nice 5 gallon water jug that I fill with pocket change and stuff from the ground. When it gets filled I empty it & buy coins for my collection. Last time I emptied it
there was over $1,000. It took about 4 years to fill, so on the average there was roughly $120 from the ground.
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
<< <i>I do more than notice them; I look for them.
And I pick up every one. >>
Me too!
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
<< <i>Risk of suffering an injury is too great... It's simply not worth the risk to pick up cents or nickels. >>
You young kids need to start an exercise program Stat!
<< <i>Epoxying a dime to the sidewalk can be entertaining.
That's why people like me carry chisels. ;
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
I was riding to a show upstate NY 6 hrs from home via the NY Thruway when we pulled over to a rest stop. I could have cared less, but my co-pilot couldn't get enough of Ms. PacMan at the time. 15 minutes after Dealer X hits the Game Room I come to get him and see him, rather than bent over the flashing screen, standing in the middle of the floor. I quizzically shrug at him, he silently gestures "away", and 5 minutes later he comes out huddled over like someone who'd just looted the poor box.
"Around the corner"
Step step step....
Flashing a usable Benjamin.... "I saw this on the floor, so I went over and stood on it. It took 10 minutes for the last person in there when I came to finally get out of there."
The same dealer has been known expend 20+ minutes of his life to save $1.25 in tolls by taking the Commodore Perry Bridge instead of the Delaware Memorial and getting back on I-95 15 miles further north. This on the way from Balt to just about NYC with a quarter mil in the briefcase next to him.
For one reason or the other, or another (Turnpike, 1 AM, 110MPH), or maybe yet another, his ridership is down.
A couple of years ago my find turned out to not be the crummy Zincoln I'd half expected.
It turned out to be one of my more interesting finds, actually.
& i always check the date
Pick it up
All day long
Have good luck
--Severian the Lame
I still have every coin/bill I've found over the past 7-10 years.
The bowl needs to be updated, that was 5 years ago.
Herb
broke his arm. Oh well, being at work, in the parking lot, he was covered. Gave everyone something to talk about
at work.
Ken.
If it takes 5 seconds to pick it up, that's equal to a wage of $7.20 per hour. If you make more than that, it's literally not worth your time.
K