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Unconventional Uses for Coins
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I need new tires on my car. Searching the internet I found this method of using coins to measure tire tread depth.
U.S. coins can be substituted for a tire tread depth gauge as tires wear to the critical final few 32nds of an inch of their remaining tread depth.
Place a penny into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Lincoln's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 2/32" of tread depth remaining.
Place a quarter into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Washington's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 4/32" of tread depth remaining.
Place a penny into several tread grooves across the tire. If the top of the Lincoln Memorial is always covered by the tread, you have more than 6/32" of tread depth remaining.
(If anyone cares to see photos too - here's the link: TireRack.com)
What other uses do we have for coins - other than spending and collecting?
U.S. coins can be substituted for a tire tread depth gauge as tires wear to the critical final few 32nds of an inch of their remaining tread depth.
Place a penny into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Lincoln's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 2/32" of tread depth remaining.
Place a quarter into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Washington's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 4/32" of tread depth remaining.
Place a penny into several tread grooves across the tire. If the top of the Lincoln Memorial is always covered by the tread, you have more than 6/32" of tread depth remaining.
(If anyone cares to see photos too - here's the link: TireRack.com)
What other uses do we have for coins - other than spending and collecting?
-Bob
collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
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-Amanda
I'm a YN working on a type set!
My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!
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Leiana - Can you share any photos of your coin towers?
I had to knock out the middle first, but it worked like a charm.
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<< <i>Silver dollars used to be placed into a pitcher of fresh milk to ward off bacteria. >>
he was a grease monkey.
Works like a charm!
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.
<< <i>Leiana - Can you share any photos of your coin towers? >>
Never took any pictures, sorry.
It's really an idle pusuit that I only do when I should be focusing my attentions elsewhere. In other words, a procrastination ploy.
-Amanda
I'm a YN working on a type set!
My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!
Proud member of the CUFYNA
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
<< <i>Back before circuit breakers, cents were good for use in fuse boxes to get your power back on. Just unscrew the fuse, put a copper cent in the recess, and then screw the burnt out fuse back in. (I'm kidding. While some people would do this, it's very dangerous and you could have an electrical fire and burn your house down). >>
that's one of them "don't try this at home tricks" huh ?
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When you move a chair, sofa, table, or bed, you will notice the deep indentations in your carpet made by the legs. To fluff it up again, simply hold a coin on its edge and scrape it against the flattened pile. If it still doesn't pop back up, hold a steam iron a couple of inches (5 centimeters) above the affected spot. When the area is damp, try fluffing again with the coin.
Instant measure
If you need to measure something but you don't have a ruler, just reach into your pocket and pull out a quarter. It measures exactly 1 inch (2.54 centimeters) in diameter. Just line up quarters to measure the length of a small object.
Make a noisemaker
Drop a few coins into an empty aluminum soda can, seal the top with duct tape, and head for the stadium to root for your favorite team. Take your noisemaker with you when you walk the dog and use it as a training aid. When the pooch is naughty, just shake the noisemaker.
Hang doors perfectly
Next time you hang an entry door, nickel-and-dime it to ensure proper clearance between the outside of the door and the inside of the frame. When the door is closed, the gap at the top should be the thickness of a nickel, and the gap at the sides should be that of a dime. If you do it right, you will keep the door from binding and it won't let in drafts.
Make a paperweight
If you have ever traveled abroad, you have probably come home with a few odd-looking coins from foreign lands. Instead of leaving them lying around in a desk drawer, use them to make an interesting paperweight. Just put the coins into a small glass jar with a closable lid and cover the lid with decorative cloth or paper.
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(I also own a machine shop)
Another useful bit of information is that US currency is six inches long. Can be used as an approximate measuring tool at yard sales and such.
hi, i'm tom.
i do not doctor coins like some who post in here.
Guns that are made to shoot a nail through a 2x4 to attach it to concrete or steel are too powerful sometimes. Shooting through a penny can slow the nail down. A nickel will slow it down more.
Want to lock someone in their dorm room? When they're in there with the door closed, have someone push as hard as possible on the door. Wedge as many pennies as possbile between the door and the jamb. This puts pressure on the latch and prevents the door from opening. Of course, the fire marshall might have a problem with it. Shaving cream "bombs" are much safer.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
Yuo can get good at hitting stuff with a wrist-rocket sling shot and a few ol' half dimes.
JUST kidding!!
SM1 calls me a troublemaker....
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<< <i>I used a mexican coin as a washer once in a pinch.
I had to knock out the middle first, but it worked like a charm.
I have a friend that does that with quarters. Says the same thing that they do a good job when in a pinch.
Also, at least in theory, you can make a low grade battery with silver and copper coinage. Just add salt water. You can find out ways to make a silver/copper battery on science101 or 8th grade type science internet sites.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
My favorite is the use of large cents as pie crust sealers (often mis-labeled as pie-cutters). The large cents were cut into a gear-like shape with a hole in the center. Then a handle was attached and the device used to seal the edge of a pie. Very collectible.
Another use is to take large coppers (usually large cents or colonial coppers) and put 2 holes in the coin, run a string through the holes and you have a toy. These are known as hum-dingers.
on the work table.
After he leaves the room I clean up after him (as usual) and pick
up the quarter(s) and say "here's my retirement fund" then
shove it in my pocket.
He heard me once and snickered from the other room.
In case you were wondering, I used to offer them back to him
and he would always say "keep it", so I stopped asking, but I
still announce it. LOUDLY
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I collect mostly moderns and I'm currently working on a US type set.
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
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<< <i>My boss uses quarters to open small cans of paint, then leaves them
on the work table.
Maybe one day he'll leave a Wisconsin upper/lower leaf Statehood...then you'll have the last laugh.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
<< <i>I used a penny as a weight on my old phonograph tonearm. It was easy to balance at neutral and then tape the penny to the end of the tonearm to provide 3+ grams of stylus pressure. >>
All the YN's are scratching their heads.
You may as well talk about playing 78 RPM's on a Victrola.
My first post...updated with pics
I collect mostly moderns and I'm currently working on a US type set.
<< <i>I use a quarter as a choke wrench on a Remington 870 12ga. shotgun.
Works like a charm! >>
I've gotta tell my son-in law about that one...!!!..It won't work on my 1100 though.........
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<< <i>I used a penny as a weight on my old phonograph tonearm. It was easy to balance at neutral and then tape the penny to the end of the tonearm to provide 3+ grams of stylus pressure. >>
All the YN's are scratching their heads.
You may as well talk about playing 78 RPM's on a Victrola.
I know what a phonograph is.
And I happen to know what a Victrola is as well. I even own an LP!
-Amanda
I'm a YN working on a type set!
My Buffalo Nickel Website Home of the Quirky Buffaloes Collection!
Proud member of the CUFYNA
<< <i>Maybe one day he'll leave a Wisconsin upper/lower leaf Statehood...then you'll have the last laugh. >>
From your lips to God's ears.
My first post...updated with pics
I collect mostly moderns and I'm currently working on a US type set.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
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<< <i>I use a quarter as a choke wrench on a Remington 870 12ga. shotgun.
Works like a charm! >>
I've gotta tell my son-in law about that one...!!!..It won't work on my 1100 though.........
It should work on all 12 ga. RemChokes. Stick in the barrel & turn. Have you tried it?
<< <i>phonograph >>
Pornograph?
When I read this post I was amazed, my friend and I did this years ago on a Remington Sportsman 78 that had "FULL" stamped over "MOD" on the barrel next to the reciever. I had another Remington with a "modified choke" and the dime entered the barrel on the modified but would not on the one stamped "FULL" I guess you could call the Remington Sportsman 78 a "repunched" choke designation. Even gun makers screw up.
"Keep your malarkey filter in good operating order" -Walter Breen
Sometimes coins were shaved and used as balance weights.
Also love tokens, hobo nickels, elongated cents, pennies in bottles, advertising lucky cent thingees, jewelry, may be considered.
I was working in an old factory that the company i was working for rented..One of the maintenance guys saw that the curtains were a little wieghted down and we all thought there were washers in the bottom- He cut the bottom of the curtains with a knife to find out and lo and behold---Someone had weighted them down with buffalo nickels !!! He took them all, i did not get any, nor did i get to see if there were any good dates, but they did all appear circulated.
Also, when I was working on older briggs and stratton engines I would use a dime to set the points.
Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
Hell, I don't need to exercise.....I get enough just pushing my luck.
Superglue a quarter to the floor in a public place and stand back for laughs as people try to pick it up.
>>> Sometimes coins were shaved and used as balance weights. <<<
When you're trying to weigh out an ounce on a triple beam and lost your weights you can use 11 pennies or various combinations of coins instead.
Eric
<< <i>I need new tires on my car. Searching the internet I found this method of using coins to measure tire tread depth.
U.S. coins can be substituted for a tire tread depth gauge as tires wear to the critical final few 32nds of an inch of their remaining tread depth.
Place a penny into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Lincoln's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 2/32" of tread depth remaining.
Place a quarter into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Washington's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 4/32" of tread depth remaining.
Place a penny into several tread grooves across the tire. If the top of the Lincoln Memorial is always covered by the tread, you have more than 6/32" of tread depth remaining.
(If anyone cares to see photos too - here's the link: TireRack.com)
What other uses do we have for coins - other than spending and collecting? >>
The fact that you have not heard this before is really silly.
Everyone knows the Lincoln trick.
Jonathan
San Diego, CA
and to fill plastic bags
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all those sacreligeous things done with pennies/cents....i may be sick.