They changed the PENNY?????

[Jerome Hanby]

The coin collectors repeated insistence on being called a Numismatist resulted in his untimely end by defenestration.

now use both words in a sentence.

btw I keep seeing more and more canadian pennies show up in my cash drawers at work. Is Canada flooding the u.s. market with their currency?

[Rod Sheridan]

And does she ever look beautiful.


Hang on a moment while I look for a photo of our 6 man canoe

Regards, Rod.

[Rory Talkington]

Lee,

It is my understanding that the 2010 Lincoln penny may not be released by the Mint for a while....? Oddly enough.... you can get them on the big internet auction site. Let me know if if you need one, I have a way to....etc.

[Aaron Hastings]

Doesn't it cost more that one cent to make a penny?

[Jon Lanier]

Hey, I got wind that they may put Ronald Reagan on the $50 or $100 bill.

[Bill Cunningham]

now use both words in a sentence.

btw I keep seeing more and more canadian pennies show up in my cash drawers at work. Is Canada flooding the u.s. market with their currency?

Now ain't that strange, I keep getting American pennys in 'my' till.. Been throwing them in a box under the counter for about 20 years now.. Think I have about 10 bucks! By the way, hang onto the Canadian pennies, a few years ago they were worth 10% more than the U.S. pennies, and their headed that way again..

[wells conklin]

I really liked the one with Honest Abe sitting on the log taking a break from log-splitting. I gave a lot of pennies away, shiney and new, to youngsters including my 11 grandkids and used the occasions as teachable moments They were all ears, too! He was young (no beard yet) and hard-working. You can see the mallet and the splitting wedge. Even on breaktime he didn't waste any time, but used the opportunity to read -- something that is fast becoming a lost avocation in our computer "enhanced" (?) society. Then I would ask my young friends, "But what is he doing?" I'd listen to their answers and then offer: "He was preparing himself to be President of the United States of America! What are you preparing yourself for today?"
So these pennies can be great conversation-starters and teaching tools for us parents and grandparents.

[john brady]

They changed the penny?

Now they already said that it costs MORE money to make a penny than a penny is worth. So now they go and spend MORE money on making a NEW one?!

GOOD GOD what a COUNTRY!!

[Mike Cruz]

Changing the penny, it must be a government conspiracy. Either that, or just some revenue scheme for the government to make money on us...

[Ed Harrow]

'They' changed the penny back in '82 (IIRC) - they're now made of zinc with a copper wash. Weigh less, too. I wonder what they do on a RR track. I do know that the new ones fly apart (shatter is too strong a word) when first cooled with LN2 and then smacked with a hammer.

[Belinda Barfield]

I wonder what they do on a RR track. I do know that the new ones fly apart (shatter is too strong a word) when first cooled with LN2 and then smacked with a hammer.

Ed, that brings back some memories. I grew up near the tracks and I wish I had a dollar for every penny I flattened.

[Lee Schierer]

'They' changed the penny back in '82 (IIRC) - they're now made of zinc with a copper wash. Weigh less, too. I wonder what they do on a RR track. I do know that the new ones fly apart (shatter is too strong a word) when first cooled with LN2 and then smacked with a hammer.

You just get a gray smudge of metal with speckles of copper, that is if it doesn't fall off the track. DAMHIKT.

Has anyone actually seen a 2010 penny yet in circulation?

[Dennis Peacock]

Anyone remember the mil? I haven't seen one in around 60 years.

Yes, and I have a few of them here.

[Carlos Alden]

Zach, Zach, you've missed one of the little but great joys in life. You've never dumped out all of your coins, counted them and put them in the appropriate coin wrapper, then carried a box of rolled coins to cash them in? Really? Or you can pay a machine to count them out for you . . . but what's the fun in that. Coins are money, just like paper (or plastic to you).

There are Coinstar machines out there that count and give you a receipt for cash exchange at the store...You just dump in your money and it does the rest - but they charge 8%. For a few dollars it's not so much, but if you bring in a big old jar you begin to lose a lot of money. It's so easy to roll your coins every month or so. I've got a small plastic repository - you drop the coins in every day, and when that denomination slot fills up, you grab a paper roll, put it in, invert the whole machine, and voila - a roll of quarters.

Carlos