The Strange Things we do with (to) Coins!
braddick
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Coin are minted for commerce. Yet somehow we've taken coins and invented purposes for them otherwise.
Decoration? Coin jewelry. Art? Hobo nickels. Espionage? Carved out dollars. We've even used them embedded into resin as toilet seats! Can you
think of other purposes- for pleasure or for profit- you've seen coins used for?
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He can never claim he doesn't have change for a toll.
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I wonder what kind of glue was used...
I have a table in my coin room thats top is made of embedded coins in resin... pretty cool buy for $100...
I sat on one at storm king art center, very comfortable.
$75,000 now, used to be $29,000 when it was released in 2008.
Geez !!!
Perfect idea to cover the hail damage. Now I just need to convince the wife.
I think I have three cents in my fuse box !
Making decisions in sports, insurance and personal issues, in shoes as decoration, targets in shooting displays and - since not mentioned here yet - objects of collector value entirely out of proportion to innate or commercial value. Cheers, RickO
I would be afraid some one would break in and steal it.
Wow! A nickel-plated Caddy!
Can you find the single war cent?
peacockcoins
Maybe the fourth one in from the edge of the hood is a war cent.
I also think I see a Frith Nickel on the front fender.
Are there any 'dummies' that can verify from this picture
If I had a nickel for every time we have posts like these...I'd have a car like this. Ok. Maybe not.
I've seen a few people glue then on their floors instead of tile. I've glued one nickel to the floor once in a store as a gag....you should have seen how many people tried to pick it up but gave up in frustration.
I know it is strange....................but I stick my coins in plastic, never to be touched again
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There's an auto repair shop where I live...........the owner glued a quarter to the sidewalk just outside the entrance.
He gets a kick out of watching customers try and pick it up. (including me)
Pete
Till this day I still laugh at this.....I was in New Orleans and this young kid comes up to me
and says hey mister I bet you $5.00 I can tell you where you got those shoes .
Humm easy 5 right......He says you got them on your feet. Yup, I paid him.:)
Onastone that's when a screwdriver comes in handy:)
Lafayette Grading Set
On one of the corners in my neighborhood the homeowner had a new sidewalk put in. They inlaid a Kennedy half (clad type), obverse side up, into the cement. Haven't seen anyone trying to excavate it as yet. It reflects the light at night from the corner overhead streetlight.