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what would you do with a penny?

Bootprint

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Where's the option to add it to the collection of other pennies in my pocket so I don't end up with pennies as change the next time I make a cash purchase?
 

Maximus96

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if somebody throw stuff out of their window while driving in front of me on the freeway, i get in front of them and accidently drop a penny out of my window.
 

Zenmervolt

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I keep them, throw them into a big jar with the rest of my coins and roll them every so often. $40+ in "bonus" money is always nice.

ZV
 

RobCur

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did you know their are more pennies then their are nickles, quarters and dimes?
also the color of a penny is quite different, its copper but only on the outside layer basically cosmetic.
last, i hate pennies their so annoying!~
 

Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: Nikamichi
I would melt it and make a ramsink out of it.
They aren't pure copper. Just a very thin copper shell. The inside is zinc.

Pennies are like M&M's except instead of a candy shell, it's copper, and instead of chocolate, it's zinc.

ZV
 

cronos

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i collected it. and once in a while on our trip to chicago we could use it in the toll machine! :)

illinois is the only state that allows pennies in their toll machines. got that out of one of the episodes of West Wing.
 

Nikamichi

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Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Originally posted by: Nikamichi
I would melt it and make a ramsink out of it.
They aren't pure copper. Just a very thin copper shell. The inside is zinc.

Pennies are like M&M's except instead of a candy shell, it's copper, and instead of chocolate, it's zinc.

ZV

Pennies made before 1964 are 40% copper! ;)
 

moshquerade

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if i get a penny in my change i keep it. it saves getting more pennies in my next transaction.