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Canada got it right Posted by: Dancer
Date: March 15, 2019 06:38AM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 2,013 |
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: REVIER
Date: March 15, 2019 09:25AM |
Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 3,004 |
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Dancer
Getting rid of their pennies. Just came back from a few months detecting on the Gulf. Brought home gangs of them. 3/4 of them scrap, beyond any value.
Shot & riddled, unsalvageable. You wonder why we continue to mint such an embarrassment. Rank them right along the tabs.
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: LTimedigger
Date: March 15, 2019 12:21PM |
Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 276 |
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: Dancer
Date: March 15, 2019 02:54PM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 2,013 |
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: still looking 52
Date: March 15, 2019 04:55PM |
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Re: Canada got it right Posted by: MarkCZ
Date: March 15, 2019 10:40PM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,087 |
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still looking 52
I've heard rumors that we're going to stop minting pennies altogether here in the USA and just round up or down to the nearest nickel value when making purchases. That makes CENTS to me.
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: dfmike
Date: March 16, 2019 10:23AM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,390 |
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: Dancer
Date: March 16, 2019 06:52PM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 2,013 |
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: dfmike
Date: March 17, 2019 04:41PM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,390 |
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Dancer
Df those are some nasty looking coins. Are you able to still use them? Or trade for new ones. That's about what our newer dug pennies come out like.
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: MarkCZ
Date: March 17, 2019 05:06PM |
Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 3,087 |
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Dancer
Df those are some nasty looking coins. Are you able to still use them? Or trade for new ones. That's about what our newer dug pennies come out like.
They can't be used. Nobody will take them and even if I managed to sand them off, they would be completely defaced. I don't know if coin machines would take them as we don't have them in this province.You would think the nickel plating would offer some kind of protection but it doesn't. In air they will last a long time but once in the ground, they deteriorate at lightning speed.
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: John-Edmonton
Date: March 17, 2019 10:10PM |
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Re: Canada got it right Posted by: Dancer
Date: March 18, 2019 04:42AM |
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Re: Canada got it right Posted by: Sven
Date: March 18, 2019 05:09AM |
Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 4,494 |
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dfmike
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Dancer
Df those are some nasty looking coins. Are you able to still use them? Or trade for new ones. That's about what our newer dug pennies come out like.
They can't be used. Nobody will take them and even if I managed to sand them off, they would be completely defaced. I don't know if coin machines would take them as we don't have them in this province.You would think the nickel plating would offer some kind of protection but it doesn't. In air they will last a long time but once in the ground, they deteriorate at lightning speed.
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: dfmike
Date: March 20, 2019 09:57AM |
Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,390 |
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Sven
Scrape the rust off, they are usable in cash transaction purchases, rool um up for the bank, Coinstar machines and vending machines.
I generally scrape any coins like that and throw them all in a tumble with other clad coins for an hour.
I actually find lots of the Can. clad in the ground down to 5-6" that still do not have any rust, not a problem here in London Ontario-Canada as the soils you have.
Re: Canada got it right Posted by: kittlitz
Date: March 20, 2019 12:40PM |
Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 133 |