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<p>[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 617462, member: 4552"]As kids we distroyed as many coins as possible. The ones thown in so called wishing wells probably are still there though. A really common game was called lagging. On concrete sidewalks, we used to lag pennies at the second line, dividing line between slabs. Closest coin won the rest. This would dent, scratch, mark them so bad some would look like going through a war.</p><p>Naturally we too shot at them with all kinds of guns. Air guns as well as real ones. Then too living near lakes and rivers many were thrown in there for no reason at all. And we all tried the RR track with any coin not wanted. Seeing how high they would fly from firecrackers was fun too. Naturally when someone popped up with an electric eraser as many of us as possible would try to make a 22 plain cent, 14D from a 44D and a few others. Just had to erase a leg on Buffalo Nickels too. And in chem labs we all made CuSO4 from pennies in Sulfuric Acid. Allowed it to evaporate into some fantastic Blue Crystals. Same attempts with Nickels, Dimes, Quarters in any acid available. </p><p>Hit two pennies together with a hammer to see if you could transfer Lincoln to the reverse side of a cent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 617462, member: 4552"]As kids we distroyed as many coins as possible. The ones thown in so called wishing wells probably are still there though. A really common game was called lagging. On concrete sidewalks, we used to lag pennies at the second line, dividing line between slabs. Closest coin won the rest. This would dent, scratch, mark them so bad some would look like going through a war. Naturally we too shot at them with all kinds of guns. Air guns as well as real ones. Then too living near lakes and rivers many were thrown in there for no reason at all. And we all tried the RR track with any coin not wanted. Seeing how high they would fly from firecrackers was fun too. Naturally when someone popped up with an electric eraser as many of us as possible would try to make a 22 plain cent, 14D from a 44D and a few others. Just had to erase a leg on Buffalo Nickels too. And in chem labs we all made CuSO4 from pennies in Sulfuric Acid. Allowed it to evaporate into some fantastic Blue Crystals. Same attempts with Nickels, Dimes, Quarters in any acid available. Hit two pennies together with a hammer to see if you could transfer Lincoln to the reverse side of a cent.[/QUOTE]
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