If I brought this back to the bank...would they give me a cent for it?

mrpaseo · May 23, 2004 12:29AM

I found this picture in my archives... I wonder what the story is behind this one.

mrpaseo · May 23, 2004 12:34AM

Maybe I was trying to pay someone 2 bits

jonesy · May 23, 2004 12:36AM

MS63????

mozeppa · May 23, 2004 12:36AM

2 bits would be a quarter...

scissors ...it looks like to me....just makes no cents!

mrpaseo · May 23, 2004 12:38AM

I would grade this a C6 (Cut into 6 pieces)

"Just makes no cents"

Thats a good one

jonesy · May 23, 2004 12:49AM

I'm pretty sure they would give you another coin for it!! Take and post pictures!!!

Dennis88 · May 23, 2004 12:51AM

They did this in the early 19th century with coins in the Dutch colonies. A guilder was cut in 4 pieces and spend as a quarter. I believe they did it with reals too....

Dennis

LanLord · May 23, 2004 1:04AM

They are fairly easy to cut like that with a set of side cutter pliers.

nOoBiEeE · May 23, 2004 1:09AM

Frozen at very low temperaturs and smashed with a hammer...

Barry · May 23, 2004 1:13AM

Deep die cracks...

coppercoins · May 23, 2004 1:27AM

<< <i>They did this in the early 19th century with coins in the Dutch colonies. A guilder was cut in 4 pieces and spend as a quarter. I believe they did it with reals too....

Dennis >>

Yup...which is why they are also called, "pieces of eight."

jimtre · May 23, 2004 2:52AM

Many years ago I took some coins to the bank. As she was counting them them she came accross a damaged cent, threw it in the waste basket and said this is no good!

Jim

relayer · May 23, 2004 3:26AM

Tape it together and put it in a CoinStar machine

nankraut · May 23, 2004 1:58PM

I think the bank would do what jimtre said.

rb7557 · May 24, 2004 11:36AM

Not necessarily, pennies are legal tender today, they weren't considered that a few years back.

ddbird · May 24, 2004 12:20PM

Its those dang Cutco knife sales people...They always come into my house cuttin up my pennies with their fancy "never sharpen" knives! Bah..I want my penny back!

cladking · May 24, 2004 12:46PM

The fed buys these by weight, but pays only about .8 cents for a one cent coin. Higher denominations
bring nearly face by weight. I believe they accept delivery only in New York so it is not cost effective for
most banks or individuals to ship them.

The lower price for cents may be to discourage grinding up copper cents to get their worth in zinc cents.

If I brought this back to the bank...would they give me a cent for it?

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