Typical Friday

[stickycoins]

Woman comes in, grabs a six-pack of cheap beer. Comes to my counter and says "you're gonna hate me" and produces a Zip-Lok bag of pennies. I calmly told her no, she was gonna hate ME because I wouldn't take the pennies unless they were rolled. I gave her wrappers.

Guy comes in, grabs a six-pack of Heineken, was trying to talk to his friend at the same time. Not paying attention.....A six of Corona falls out and breaks all over the floor. He had a fit when I told him he bought it.

Crackhead comes in, says she needs a favor, she doesn't have enough for her 'glass rose'(1.25) . Told her no deal. So she asks a KID(maybe 12) in line behind her for the money. I lit into her and told her that she could NOT ask any other customers for money. They do this all the time. Funny, they have money for crack. I will NOT let them 'slide' for any amount, not even a penny. I hate that I have to sell the things.

Just another Friday in the 'hood.

[blas]

You have my complete and total respect and admiration.......

I dealt with inbreds, rednecks, and the occasional "gangster", but I never dealt with crackheads or anyone to those extremes.

Chin up, one day soon they will quit making pennies :)

[stickycoins]

I can only hope! It costs more to make pennies than they're worth. I do hope they get rid of them.

[Gurndigarn]

I can only hope! It costs more to make pennies than they're worth. I do hope they get rid of them.

Nah, they just keep chaging what they make them out of; using cheaper metals.

I wonder if they've considered doing another run of steel pennies. It's been a while. (I also wonder if it's still cost-efficient any more.)



But I agree. DEATH TO THE PENNY! After all, a penny saved is... a penny.

[XCashier]

I can only hope! It costs more to make pennies than they're worth. I do hope they get rid of them.
The US Mint can't get the American people to accept a dollar coin, there's no way they could ever get them to part with their precious pennies! :rolleyes:

[LostMyMind]

I love pennies, where else can you get cheap paperweight? :lol:

[chantal]

The US Mint can't get the American people to accept a dollar coin, there's no way they could ever get them to part with their precious pennies! :rolleyes:

Heck, in Canada they got us to accept a TWO dollar coin. I'm sure they can persuade us to get rid of the penny. Maybe the nickel too. Rounding everything to the nearest ten cents would get rid of those stupid $9.99 prices that drive me crazy. But that's a rant for another day. :)

[CaroPhoenix]

Did you know that Mr. Britney Spears (Kevin Federline) has been out campaigning to keep the penny in circulation!???? I mean, really! And I only save one penny once a year - to play on my old record player when I listen to my vinyl albums so I can still listen to the ones that skip. :cool:

[sbandliz]

Rounding everything to the nearest ten cents would get rid of those stupid $9.99 prices that drive me crazy.

That didn't work in Australia. We got rid of the 1 and 2 cent pieces quite a few years ago. So all we have are 5 / 10 / 20 / 50 cents plus $1 and $2 coins. But we still see silly prices like $9.99 everywhere. The cashiers will round up (or down as the case maybe) if customer is paying by cash, the full amount will be charged if paying by credit card.

[LostMyMind]

Rounding everything to the nearest ten cents would get rid of those stupid $9.99 prices that drive me crazy.
It would get rid of the .99 cent part however it won't get rid of the pennies. After taxes, the pennies will come back in play :lol:

[Slave to the Phone]

Our legislators are actually spending time debating the penny. According to what I've been reading, they are going to try to pass a bill to get rid of pennies.

I like this. They are wasting so much time on this issue that the federal same sex marriage ban won't fly. I also laugh at the flag descretion thing is on top of their list.

YES!!! Waste your time on fluff and don't worry about what the states are doing :devil:

[Becks]

I like pennies. I don't have a problem with them...but if K-Fed (:puke: ) is endorsing them...

[iridios]

Nah, they just keep chaging what they make them out of; using cheaper metals.

I wonder if they've considered doing another run of steel pennies. It's been a while. (I also wonder if it's still cost-efficient any more.)



But I agree. DEATH TO THE PENNY! After all, a penny saved is... a penny.

The steel pennies were a WWII thing because copper (the primary metal in pennies at the time) was needed for the war effort.

Now pennies are mostly tin (or zinc not sure), with enough copper to give them the same look. I don't think they're going to find much in the way of cheaper metals to make pennies. It will get to the point where the government will decide to stop making them to save money.

They've already stopped making gold and silver coins because they couldn't afford the metals to make them.

[Kiwi]

bah NZ has had $2 coins for years

we dont even have pennies, 10 cent, 20 cent and 50 cent. Thats it under a dollar.

SOOOOOOO much easyier to count at the end of the night!

[blas]

My parents told me that if I found a nickel from.......is it 1965 or older, to keep it, because it's real silver?

[stickycoins]

Not sure of the years, but that sounds about right. Quarters too. They also sound different than newer coins. Funny, Coinstars reject them! They weigh less.

[HYHYBT]

I don't think *nickels* were ever made of silver. Quarters and dimes, yes.

[LostMyMind]

My parents told me that if I found a nickel from.......is it 1965 or older, to keep it, because it's real silver?
Alot of older coins have higher value that what's on them. Not because of the metal that's in em. Old dimes have silver in them, old pennies have alot more copper in em. Unless you plan to melt the metal and purify the silver, it's unlikely that you'll get the "silver" value (which is most likely less than the collector value of the coin).

I keep all my old coins (before 65), why. It's just because it soo rare to find one in circulation. I do the same with old bills.

[Primer]

My parents told me that if I found a nickel from.......is it 1965 or older, to keep it, because it's real silver?
Nickels are still made of the same old stuff. Dimes, quarters half-dollars and dollar coins dated 1964 and before are solid silver. 1965 and later are copper-clad.
In 1982, pennies started being made of zinc with a copper plating (anybody know what batteries are made of?) so 1981 and before are solid copper.

Yeah, I'm a (very) light core coin collector.

[batmoody]

Are nickels actually made of nickel?

[Dips]

Pennies

pre 1943: copper/tin composite (aka bronze)

1943: zinc-plated steel (a very, very few bronze pennies were minted in 1943, they are extremely rare collectors' pieces and there are probably far more forged 1943 bronzes than there are real ones)

1944-1981: copper/zinc composite

1982: some copper-plated zinc, some copper/zinc composite

1983 to present: copper-plated zinc

Nickels

pre-1942: copper/nickel composite

1942-1945: copper/silver/manganese composite

1946-present: copper/nickel composite

Dimes

pre 1964: 90% silver/10% binding metals

1964-present: nickel-clad copper (like a copper sandwich on nickel bread)

1992-present: are also available in 90% silver in special collectors' proof sets

Quarters

same history as dimes (see above)

Half Dollars

same history as dimes (see above)

Hubby always asserts that we would accept the dollar coin if the US government stopped printing dollar bills when they introduced the coin. That's how Canada did it and it worked out. :)

[aqutalion]

Crackhead comes in, says she needs a favor, she doesn't have enough for her 'glass rose'(1.25) . Told her no deal. So she asks a KID(maybe 12) in line behind her for the money. I lit into her and told her that she could NOT ask any other customers for money. They do this all the time. Funny, they have money for crack. I will NOT let them 'slide' for any amount, not even a penny. I hate that I have to sell the things.

I hate to sound like an idjit, but what's a 'glass rose'? A crackhead holding a flower made of glass makes for an interesting mental picture, but something tells me that's not accurate.

[stickycoins]

For all you lucky folks that have never seen them, they are glass tubes about 4 inches long, about 1/4 diam. with a cheap plastic rose inside. Crackheads buy them, Chore-Boy(metal scrubbie), and at least 2 lighters. What they do is take the rose out, put some Chore in(used as a filter so they don't inhale their 'precious' rock) and light up. It must be hard to burn the stuff because they buy lighters by the gross!

I really hate crack. It's not the weed smokers breaking into our houses, it's crackheads. They will do anything for that high. Including die. A woman on my street did, just last summer. Nobody had a clue that she smoked it. Granma aged, real nice lady. She made the mistake of drinking and smoking crack. When they do that, it combines to form cocaethylene, a very deadly chemical. Stops your heart. Why do I know this? When I first started working at the store I was amazed at how many people, young/old, rich/poor, black/white bought the roses. It was the first time I had ever been anywhere near anyone who used it. I got curious and researched it online. Boy did I learn a lot. I'm no prude, but there is NO WAY you could get me to try that crap. At least weed doesn't kill you!:devil:

[XCashier]

My parents told me that if I found a nickel from.......is it 1965 or older, to keep it, because it's real silver?
About half of 1942 nickels and all 1943-45 nickels were made from 35% silver, due to the war. The silver nickels have the mintmark over the Monticello dome on the reverse.

I know a numismatist. :)

[beercashier]

We can't get rid of pennies, they will raise the gas prices in 5 cent increments then!

[HYHYBT]

They keep the .9¢ on the price of gas anyway, and we've never had a coin that small...

[One-Fang]

Kiwi's ahead of her time. We get rid of 5c pieces on July 31. It's currently the smallest denomination, but we still get $4.99 type prices. They work out fine for electronic/cheque transactions, or when you buy a lot of items (like weekly groceries) and then they only round up or down the final total.

Reminds me of an old puzzle. Try it on your friends, you'll be amazed how often people can't get it (better verbal than written)...

Johnny's mum has three coins - a penny, a nickel, and a dime. She also has three children - Penny, Nick, and....?

[Barefootgirl]

Johnny's mum has three coins - a penny, a nickel, and a dime. She also has three children - Penny, Nick, and....?

Di? Diane? Dinah?

Oh, wait....

Johnny !