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One bad thing about pennies—one sentence
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Managing the span of years of the Lincoln cent.
Let ‘em loose.
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People call them "pennies",,,,,, they are "Cents".
After 1982 it was somewhat dangerous for toddlers and kids to swallow them.
Worse, IOS corrects to Penny’s.
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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Thanks, that calls a title edit.
I'm waiting for this cent lady to chime in.
You can’t get candy with one.
One bad thing about pennies....
They no longer serve a purpose worth minting.
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So much for a penny for your thoughts...............
Mike
My Indians
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Not anymore, buy back in the day...............got you a bozooka
Mike
My Indians
Dansco Set
Here’s a real penny.
Zinc rot.
We need a verb.
Zinc rots.
They once were critical if you did not have a replacement fuse.
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Or a pack of cigs with the foil...............
Mike
My Indians
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Critically responsible for panel box mayhem.
No drinking games.
They don't make your bathroom floor any less tacky.
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People leave them on the ground.
No one seems to have two anymore.
Illegal to melt them.
When you drop a nice one it rolls away forever.
I didn't know they did cosplay at coin shows!
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
71T: 003,037,061,070,110,141,176,177,190,198,203,239,262,265, 273, 275, 286, 319, 330, 335, 339, 344,351,357,364,384,397,432,439,442,465,493,495,496,529,530,532,535,541,544,545,549,552,571,583,590,594,599,611,620,
629,630,632,644,645,646,648,649,650,658,671,672,673,680,683,688,692,715,735,739,740,744,750
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,
580,606,613,630
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Only if you get caught.
D's: 50P,49S,45D+S,43D,41S,40D,39D+S,38D+S,37D+S,36S,35D+S
Q's: 52S,47S,46S,40S,39S,38S,37D+S,36D+S,35D,34D,32D+S
71T: 003,037,061,070,110,141,176,177,190,198,203,239,262,265, 273, 275, 286, 319, 330, 335, 339, 344,351,357,364,384,397,432,439,442,465,493,495,496,529,530,532,535,541,544,545,549,552,571,583,590,594,599,611,620,
629,630,632,644,645,646,648,649,650,658,671,672,673,680,683,688,692,715,735,739,740,744,750
73T:31,55,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,80,152,165,189,213,235,237,257,341,344,377,379,390,422,433,453,480,497,545,554,563,
580,606,613,630
95 Ultra GM Sets: Golden Prospects, On-Base Leaders, Power Plus, RBI Kings
Carbon spots.
It was meant in reference to your title. I swear. It's just always been a pet peeve of mine.
It costs more than a cent to make them!
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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.
Some day they will be disconnected and end an annual series that has run from 1793 to date, excluding the 1815.
Imflation
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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I would rather join with an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by sheep.
My loafers would look naked without them! 😂
Here is an authentic American penny - not a cent!
They ain’t dollars.
They were the gateway drug for many of us numisadicts.
Them and those damned blue Whitman folders.
Go to the bank for pennies. Go to the zoo for cents.
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knock knock. Penny Penny
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Some of the early ones are expensive in red BU.
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Lincoln gets two dates in 2026.
They are addicting.
Once sentence? How about one word - Zincolns.
Canada has done the right thing with 1 cent coins.
I do wish I'd bought zinc stocks back in the early 80s.
That's one lobby with serious pull.
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.
Maybe not. Perhaps they will live on as do Kennedy half dollars.
The current ones are worthless.
I don't need a whole sentence. One word will do:
Zinc.
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