Worst Article Ever...

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  1. Seattlite86

    Seattlite86 Outspoken Member

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  3. coinguy-matthew

    coinguy-matthew Ike Crazy

    LMAO "fill a sock for self defence" all you need to read....:dead:
     
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  4. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Agreed. Couldn't stomach the pictures and cut it short after the recommendation of adding pre-85 cents to flowers (water) to extend their life. Don't they mean pre-82? Some one needs to do a bit more research........I find 'Huffington', Shmuffington....
     
  5. Nathan401

    Nathan401 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

    How factual is this? More than 2 cents to make 1 penny? Can anyone tell me if this is true?
     
  6. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Use a penny as a screw driver.
    That tip comes with a picture of
    a Phillips head screw.
    Yeah, that'll work.
     
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  7. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Noticed that too Rick......:)
     
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  8. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

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  9. That's modern day journalism for you - slap together a list with a bunch of photos and content copied from other sources.
     
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  10. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    :facepalm:
    #24 avoid choking hazard
    #26 create a choking hazard... idiots!
     
  11. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    If I use nickels don't I get more bang for my buck??
     
  12. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    Love how the modern day media puts a 'spin' on things, slanting it to their own non impartial view (which was what they were intended to do primarily. Report the news, not opinionate. That's for the editorial section)
    And if you employ a '45' you get a whole bunch more......... devil.gif
     
  13. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

    Everything wrong with this article:

    1- It's called a cent, not a penny. The word penny is derived from pence, which is British currency, not American currency. The US Mint never made a penny.

    2- #4 states you can use a penny as a screwdriver. A penny is not sharp like a screwdriver is! It won't work!

    3- #5 is missing an important disclaimer: "Do not do this to valuable coins".

    4- See 3

    5- #7 upload_2016-7-23_19-31-55.png

    6- #8- It's pre-82 not pre-85.

    7- #9- See 3

    8- #10- See 3

    9- #15- See 3

    10- #16- See 3

    11- #17 *sigh* see 3

    12- #21 and #22 see 3

    13- #23 see 3

    14- so #24 wants to prevent a choking hazard, yet #26 kinda causes one...

    15- #27- see 3 (but then again, I should try this with a steel cent sometime and see what happens.)

    16- #28- Jokesters have done this before.

    17- #29- see 3
     
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  14. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    Is this the same Guy that said the Cav's couldn't win 3 straight from the Warriors?
    Damn, I made a boat load of money on that bet!!
     
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  15. Dimedude2

    Dimedude2 Member

    you guys are way too sensitive regarding this article. Right now it cost about 1.5 cents to manufacture a cent. Overall it was kind of a fun article, but there is a group that wants to bag the cent. Americans, more than other nation in my opinion, are sensitive about changing currency. Yes, we got rid of the half cent, the 2 cent, the 3 cent and the 20 cent, but practicality-wise cent usage is on the downswing.
     
  16. Markus1959

    Markus1959 Well-Known Member

    7 years - 339 posts - I'll be darn!!
     
  17. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    Typical garbage "news" from AOL.

    One point: we call them cents. Outside of the collecting community, what percentage of the population would identify Abe as a "Lincoln penny?" I would guess north of 90 percent. We're right. They don't care. So I'm not surprised when writers for these outfits say "pennies."
     
  18. mlov43

    mlov43 주화 수집가

    Hey, I used a cent to open a soda can AND a tin of kippered sardines.

    Believe it.

    I'm disappointed that they didn't mention the "suck a penny when driving buzzed to throw off the breathalyzer" trick.
     
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  19. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    Believe that method was on a TV show about urban myths that determined it was useless.:confused:
     
  20. SuperDave

    SuperDave Free the Cartwheels!

    Yeah, everybody knows you use Quarters for that.
     
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  21. ewomack

    ewomack 魚の下着

    When I toured the Denver mint last month the tour guide addressed the "each cent costs 1.5 cents to make" rumor. He said it's completely true, but added something else that the press never says: they make an absolute killing on the quarter (I don't remember the exact sum, but I think he said it costs 7 cents to make a quarter). As such, the mint makes such an immense profit that they really don't consider the cost differential of the cent an issue. Again, the exact figure remains a little fuzzy, but I think he said the mint made a $500 million dollar profit last year. Even if it's half that amount, that's an incredible sum for a government agency. And they are completely self-funded.

    That's what they tell the public on tours, at least.
     
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