A Funeral Service For The Penny Is Being Held This Weekend At The Lincoln Memorial...

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OAKSTAR
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A Funeral Service For The Penny Is Being Held This Weekend At The Lincoln Memorial To Mourn The Discontinued Currency

A group of mourners have organized a funeral service to say a final goodbye to the Penny after the single cent coin has officially been discontinued.

Any mental cases here "that need a life" attending this weekends memorial service in Washington DC? 😂 Come forward and identify yourself. We won't tell anyone! LoL!! 😂 🤣 😉

https://secretdc.com/dc-funeral-for-the-penny/

Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,116 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Rip 😝

  • World67
    World67 Posts: 13,098 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • Iceberg77
    Iceberg77 Posts: 83 ✭✭✭
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    I did something I never do, I ordered something from China, they had a buy 2 get one free deal. B)B)

  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,829 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    So this makes next year's issues Zombie Zincolns?

    John
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  • ShaunBC5
    ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Zombie Lincoln’s…so still zincolns. Got it.

  • BLUEJAYWAY
    BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 11,799 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Someone will have to find a way to put a penny on each eye of Lincoln at the service. To properly declare the cent' s passing. ⚰️ A gift to the hereafter. To declare the penny on your (the) eyes.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • Old_Collector
    Old_Collector Posts: 1,210 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Does the mint realize that they have ruined the old saying, "he would steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes" when describing cheapskates? I mean of course we would all take nickels, well at least if they were nice Buffalos. ;)

  • JFK_Collector
    JFK_Collector Posts: 127 ✭✭✭
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    I thought Congress had the power to coin money and regulate the value, not the Executive Branch of our government.

  • Some_of_it
    Some_of_it Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
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    Mourners did not know him as well as they think. He preferred to go by his legal name, the cent.

  • JBK
    JBK Posts: 17,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Old_Collector said:
    Does the mint realize that they have ruined the old saying, "he would steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes" when describing cheapskates? I mean of course we would all take nickels, well at least if they were nice Buffalos. ;)

    I'm sure the expression is British, so it still works. ;)

  • Old_Collector
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    @Some_of_it said:
    Mourners did not know him as well as they think. He preferred to go by his legal name, the cent.

    Yeah, that used to drive me nuts because I am a cent collector, but then I started getting boxes of cents from banks and they all said $25 Pennies. I had my break down, and I'm all better now. Merry Christmas. ;)

  • Old_Collector
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    @Iceberg77 said:
    I did something I never do, I ordered something from China, they had a buy 2 get one free deal. B)B)

    You can always tell these Chinese fakes now -- no fingerprints. :D

  • jmlanzaf
    jmlanzaf Posts: 43,072 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 24, 2025 10:12AM
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    @JFK_Collector said:
    I thought Congress had the power to coin money and regulate the value, not the Executive Branch of our government.

    Yes and no. They can legislate certain things but the Executive Branch is in charge of deciding the number of coins needed for commerce. So, technically, the cent still exists but they are just going to not make any. [Until, of course, the White House changes hands and the new administration decides that turning 4 cents into 1 cent is politically advantageous despite being fiscally absurd. ]

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • Mr_Spud
    Mr_Spud Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 24, 2025 4:38PM
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    Mr_Spud

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