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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2682371, member: 38849&quot;]My question still stands -- will the OP work for $3/hour?</p><p><br /></p><p>I assure you, you will only be in your teens once.&nbsp; You will only be in your 20s once.&nbsp; Make the most of those years, instead of squinting at endless piles of pennies for, umm, $3/hour.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only that, it&#039;s a zero-sum game; the more coppers other squinters find, the fewer available for YOU to find, so over time, your odds get worse and worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I quit searching rolls about 1964-65, when silver coins simply disappeared overnight.</p><p>===========</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to MAKE money in the world of collectibles, coins or whatever, <u>become an expert in something</u>, or better yet, four or five somethings, especially those that show up now and then at flea markets, garage sales, and estate sales.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s so many specialty books, and so much information online (that includes Coin Talk, certainly) that it is WAAAAAAY easier to become an expert than it used to be.&nbsp; Expert$ make money, lots of it; better yet, they keep their mouths shut about it, cheerfully evade taxes, and keep a low profile.</p><p><br /></p><p>===========</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, before somebody cites &quot;the law,&quot; let&#039;s dismiss the &quot;legal tender&quot; issue, because it has no bearing on the OP&#039;s &quot;penny&quot; question:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;...<span style="color: #ff0000">Up until the late 19th century</span>, pennies and nickels weren’t legal tender at all. The Coinage Acts of 1873 and 1879 made them legal tender for debts up to 25 cents only, while the other fractional coins (dimes, quarters, and half dollars) were legal tender for amounts up to $10. </p><p><br /></p><p>This remained the law until the Coinage Act of 1965 specified that <u>all</u> U.S. coins are legal tender in any amount. However, even in cases where legal tender has been agreed to as a form of payment, private businesses are still free to specify <u>which</u> forms of legal tender they will accept. </p><p><br /></p><p>If a shop doesn’t want to take any currency larger than $20 bills, or they don’t want to take pennies at all, or they want to be paid in nothing but dimes, they’re entitled to do so (but, as mentioned earlier, they should specify their payment policies before entering into transactions with buyers). </p><p><br /></p><p>Businesses are free to accept or reject pennies as they see fit; no law specifies that pennies cease to be considered legal tender when proffered in quantities over a particular amount.&quot;</p><p>[snopes.com][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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