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Do you stop to pick up a cent on the ground?

CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What about nickels, dimes and quarters.

A nickel is my minimum!

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  • giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,939 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Only if it's head's-side-up. Mrs. VDB believes that picking up a tail's-side penny is bad luck. Why risk it? (Plus, I already know it's a Lincoln Memorial).

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes normally, but the other day while showing at an art show, I saw a crusted zincoln on the ground (too gross for me to pick up) where about 100,000 people walked over it and no one picked it up.

  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,613 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, unless the cent is in a puddle or really gross.


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  • tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,319 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cents, most of the time unless they are really crusty or in a puddle of goop. Higher denominations always.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @giorgio11 said:
    Only if it's head's-side-up. Mrs. VDB believes that picking up a tail's-side penny is bad luck. Why risk it? (Plus, I already know it's a Lincoln Memorial).

    Kind regards,

    George

    I have heard that. Anyone know the source of that superstitution. Can't be too old as a cent used to have more value.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 11:33AM

    Yes to all, unless there are too many witnesses, then I might pass by a cent.

    I also pick up stray tire weights in the parking lot (free lead!) and once in a while random metal pieces such as large washers, bolts, and the like. I also cut off the copper cords on any small appliances I throw away. (I must have grown up during the Great Depression in a previous life).

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,755 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Especially dimes and quarters! >:)

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  • rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    yes, every little bit helps

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don’t want pennies and always tell cashiers to keep them. I pick up quarters.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • ElKevvoElKevvo Posts: 4,138 ✭✭✭✭✭

    always....

    K

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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,603 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Just about every time...almost.

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I do!

  • AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely. One cent coins have not been minted here since 1987 so it would be quite unusual to find one.

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Always..........find a few almost every single day. :smile:

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ALWAYS, no matter what side it is up.

  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    yes

    Frank

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  • tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,319 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I remember reading somewhere that Bill Gates makes more than $100 in the time that it would take him to bend over and pick up a $100 bill.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tommy44 said:
    I remember reading somewhere that Bill Gates makes more than $100 in the time that it would take him to bend over and pick up a $100 bill.

    Sure..............................But is he happy ? :smile:

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  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:

    @tommy44 said:
    I remember reading somewhere that Bill Gates makes more than $100 in the time that it would take him to bend over and pick up a $100 bill.

    Sure..............................But is he happy ? :smile:

    Is he happy?
    In every picture he seems to be smiling.
    [and I can imagine why, I would smile if I were him.]

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • tommy44tommy44 Posts: 2,319 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:

    @tommy44 said:
    I remember reading somewhere that Bill Gates makes more than $100 in the time that it would take him to bend over and pick up a $100 bill.

    Sure..............................But is he happy ? :smile:

    Every time my wife says we should have bought this or should have done that my standard answer is .......... But would we be happy?

    By the way, we are best friends and very happy after nearly 53 years together.

    it's crackers to slip a rozzer the dropsy in snide

  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No on pennies unless it is in a PCGS holder. (It has yet to happen) I have a friend who picked up a penny and ended up having back surgery from something going wrong in his back at that exact moment. I now wonder if it was tails side up??!!

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Didn't someone on the forum pick up a street penny and it turned out to be a wide or narrow AM worth 100s or 1,000s?

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @tommy44 said:
    Every time my wife says we should have bought this or should have done that my standard answer is .......... But would we be happy?

    By the way, we are best friends and very happy after nearly 53 years together.

    Well, which is it: "very happy" or "53 years together" - I don't think it can be both. :D

  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yup, you never know what you are going to get - I have found wheat cents on the ground.

    Tir nam beann, nan gleann, s'nan gaisgeach ~ Saorstat Albanaich a nis!
  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I found free admission to a state park laying on the ground. I don't know how someone can get out of their car and spill a handful of coins. Parking meters are great places for ground scores. One thing I love about the city is there's always a coin to pickup somewhere.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 6,581 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Negative on the pennies. I actually throw all mine on the ground when received as change so others can pick them up. Nickels and above, I absolutely pickup.

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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes.

    My reasoning? I do (and have done) tons of things to get money... some of which I'm not overly proud of... this is money... why not snap it up if it's free?

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 1:43PM

    It nice when you pick up a penny on the ground on your way into a store with 2 twenties and your bill is $20.01.

  • AzurescensAzurescens Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Oh. Oops. Free admission to a state park in loose change this past week*

    No idea what happened to my draft.

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll pick them up, unless they are in ugly goop. Why not? It's one of my few forms of tax-free income.

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  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins said:
    It nice when you pick up a penny on the ground on your way into a store with 2 twenties and your bill is $20.01.

    This very thing has happened to me at the 'home' grocery store within the last ten days. Nice feeling to salvage the second twenty.

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  • giorgio11giorgio11 Posts: 3,939 ✭✭✭✭✭

    One time when I got in a cab to go to work I found six $100 bills in the back-seat floorboard. I chatted up the cabbie enough to figure out they were not his (he had just had an airport fare). I went to work and made $100 in tips that night and found $2 on the floor.

    Kind regards,

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 10, 2018 2:16PM

    If you want to be equated to a peasant.....pick up a kopeck off the ground in Russia! Ask me how I know! :#

    Edit to add...They are were everywhere in the Red Square when I was there!

  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @amwldcoin said:
    If you want to be equated to a peasant.....pick up a kopeck off the ground in Russia! Ask me how I know! :#

    Edit to add...They are were everywhere in the Red Square when I was there!

    How DO you know?

  • BillDugan1959BillDugan1959 Posts: 3,821 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @giorgio11

    One of my cousins used to take her husband to the Honolulu airport, frequently, for work-related travel - late 1980s - she always claimed the Japanese tourists of that era were forever losing large bills.

  • CoinstartledCoinstartled Posts: 10,135 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @giorgio11 said:
    One time when I got in a cab to go to work I found six $100 bills in the back-seat floorboard. I chatted up the cabbie enough to figure out they were not his (he had just had an airport fare). I went to work and made $100 in tips that night and found $2 on the floor.

    Kind regards,

    George

    I would have been conflicted on that one.

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Next time you get your interest bearing checking account statement, look at the interest you get a month with a few thousand dollars in the account. If I ever saw more that 3c I would faint! Over a years time, I know for 100% that I always find more loose change than interest.

    There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who mostly look up and those who mostly look down. I am in the latter group. A 14K gold money clip, one 22K earing, and a folded up $20 bill are my best "finds." I'm still hoping to find a 1 carat flawless loose diamond.

    A former NGC grader, was the best "finder" I ever knew. He was always finding money on the ground. Guess it is an "eye" for the hunt. B)

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @amwldcoin said:
    If you want to be equated to a peasant.....pick up a kopeck off the ground in Russia! Ask me how I know! :#

    Edit to add...They are were everywhere in the Red Square when I was there!

    Probably too cold to have a fountain as in Italy so the square must suffice.

  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭

    Since I don't declare these found riches on my taxes, a cent is worth nearly 1½¢, so yes I pick them up . . .

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sometimes-- but my dog always does that.

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,263 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it's tails up I throw it over my shoulder. Peace Roy

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  • bestdaybestday Posts: 4,242 ✭✭✭✭

    recent find.... a 2 cent Euro with some luster

  • JBKJBK Posts: 16,424 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    There are two kinds of people in the world. Those who mostly look up and those who mostly look down. I am in the latter group. A 14K gold money clip, one 22K earing, and a folded up $20 bill are my best "finds." I'm still hoping to find a 1 carat flawless loose diamond.

    A few years ago when gold was at its highest I read an article about a guy who was making hundreds of $ a day crawling around the sidewalks and streets of NYC looking for lost ear rings, etc. And you just know there must be a pile of loose diamonds out there somewhere that fell out of loose settings.

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Always.

  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Every time. Over the years I've had a few surprises. Usually a wheatie but once I got a really cool unciruclated 5¢ Spanish coin.

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