One bad thing about pennies—one sentence

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Fraz
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Managing the span of years of the Lincoln cent.

Let ‘em loose.

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MWallace said:
    People call them "pennies",,,,,, they are "Cents".

    Worse, IOS corrects to Penny’s.

  • CRHer700
    CRHer700 Posts: 2,153 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    They are partly responsible for our $0.99 items, and sales tax, as the penny tax was the first sales tax.

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @MWallace said:
    People call them "pennies",,,,,, they are "Cents".

    Thanks, that calls a title edit.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,864 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Zinc rot.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JBK said:
    Zinc rot.

    We need a verb.

  • alaura22
    alaura22 Posts: 3,963 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @retirednow said:
    They once were critical if you did not have a replacement fuse.

    Or a pack of cigs with the foil...............

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @retirednow said:
    They once were critical if you did not have a replacement fuse.

    Critically responsible for panel box mayhem.

  • emeraldATV
    emeraldATV Posts: 5,249 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    No drinking games.

  • The_Dinosaur_Man
    The_Dinosaur_Man Posts: 1,592 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    They don't make your bathroom floor any less tacky.

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  • Insider3
    Insider3 Posts: 260 ✭✭✭
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    People leave them on the ground.

  • BLUEJAYWAY
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    Illegal to melt them.

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    When you drop a nice one it rolls away forever.

  • Estil
    Estil Posts: 7,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Goldbully said:
    I'm waiting for this cent lady to chime in.

    I didn't know they did cosplay at coin shows!

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    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Illegal to melt them.

    Only if you get caught.

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  • seatedlib3991
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    Carbon spots.

  • MWallace
    MWallace Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Fraz said:

    @MWallace said:
    People call them "pennies",,,,,, they are "Cents".

    Thanks, that calls a title edit.

    It was meant in reference to your title. I swear. It's just always been a pet peeve of mine.

  • Typekat
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    It costs more than a cent to make them!

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  • BillJones
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    Some day they will be disconnected and end an annual series that has run from 1793 to date, excluding the 1815.

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  • rec78
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    @dcarr said:
    The first pennies were made of solid gold; then they were made of silver; then large copper with a silver plug; then large copper without silver plug; then small copper; and now they are junk metal with copper coating.

    I see a trend here.

    Imflation

    @MWallace said:
    People call them "pennies",,,,,, they are "Cents".

    True but after so many years "pennies" has become part of the nomenclature., so it is OK to call a cent a penny.

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  • lobo54
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    no auto correct here, ¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢¢

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    My loafers would look naked without them! 😂

  • SaorAlba
    SaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Here is an authentic American penny - not a cent!

  • JimTyler
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    They ain’t dollars.

  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @JimTyler said:
    They ain’t gold dollars.

  • mr1931S
    mr1931S Posts: 7,309 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Go to the bank for pennies. Go to the zoo for cents.

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  • JWP
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    edited March 6, 2024 6:54AM
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    knock knock. Penny Penny

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  • hfjacinto
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    Some of the early ones are expensive in red BU.

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  • Fraz
    Fraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 6, 2024 11:45AM
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    Lincoln gets two dates in 2026.

  • Jimnight
    Jimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    They are addicting.

  • GotTheBug
    GotTheBug Posts: 1,725 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Once sentence? How about one word - Zincolns.

  • No Headlights
    No Headlights Posts: 2,176 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Canada has done the right thing with 1 cent coins.

  • conrad99
    conrad99 Posts: 375 ✭✭✭
    edited March 7, 2024 12:33PM
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    I do wish I'd bought zinc stocks back in the early 80s.
    That's one lobby with serious pull.

  • conrad99
    conrad99 Posts: 375 ✭✭✭
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    I had to edit that post because my Samsung tablet corrected "do wish" to "dogfish." What the heck is a dogfish?

    Edit again. It's a thing. "Squalidae"

  • GotTheBug
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    @conrad99 said:
    I had to edit that post because my Samsung tablet corrected "do wish" to "dogfish." What the heck is a dogfish?

    Edit again. It's a thing. "Squalidae"

    Much better looking than a Zincoln.

  • GotTheBug
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    @BillJones said:
    Some day they will be disconnected and end an annual series that has run from 1793 to date, excluding the 1815.

    Maybe not. Perhaps they will live on as do Kennedy half dollars.

  • Smudge
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    The current ones are worthless.

  • dcarr
    dcarr Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don't need a whole sentence. One word will do:

    Zinc.

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