Good reasons for saving common copper cents.

Just for fun, lets make a list. Please don't get offended by this thread. I have almost every cent I have received in the past 50 years.

#1 Fill a large safe with them and leave it in plain sight. If the bad guys come in they will spend all their time trying to get it out the door.

#2 Put a few bags in the trunk of your car in bad snow storms. Great for tractions.

#3 Build a shelter under the bed for the pets in case there is a tornado.

 

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Glue a bunch of them together in the shape of a door mat so you can scrape the mud off your shoes.

Chris

 

#2 is great only if you have rear wheel drive. Not good for FWD or AWD.
A bag of sand in the trunk would be a whole lot less expensive, too.

 

Cover your floor, sink or countertops with them to save $ and add a little bling.

Hide them in Easter eggs so that the kid has less candy to eat and feels rich.

Create jewelry, belts and headbands with them.

 

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/penny-project.269032/

 

Spend them so you don't have to go through all of this.

 

We could put forth the idea that the copper content is worth multiples of face value and make a fortune selling as "investments".

 

We could glue them to crosswalks and laugh when people try to pick them up without success.

 

Yeah, right.

 

This one gets high marks. :>)

 

We could re-punch the date to 1863 and sell then as civil war tokens.

 

Create floor mosaic in you house. I've seen images of this before, and it really looks nice.

 

We could carve them into "hobo pennies" and start a new coin collecting hobby.

You could also use them to spell out "I love you" for your SO.

Minecraft blocks?

 

Could tell people to super glue them to their body to relieve pain, especially the forehead. Another good use for acetone.

 

Cheaper than buying washers.

 

Tap dancing shoes?

 

Slingshot ammo

 

A friend of mine built a wood bed on their P.U. and inlayed the entire bed and the side boards, strictly a show truck.

 

.....but that would be lying!

Chris

 

DH said to convince all of you guys to destroy them so that they'll eventually be worth a fortune for me.