Comments on: Costly Coins http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2008/05/07/costly-coins/ Thoughts on TV, Double Standards and Bad Grammar Since 2004 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:40:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lowcountry Blogs » Tidbits http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2008/05/07/costly-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-6221 Lowcountry Blogs » Tidbits Fri, 09 May 2008 11:27:01 +0000 http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2008/05/07/costly-coins/#comment-6221 [...] Patrick notes the costly nature of some pocket change. [...] [...] Patrick notes the costly nature of some pocket change. [...]

]]> By: otowi http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2008/05/07/costly-coins/comment-page-1/#comment-6217 otowi Thu, 08 May 2008 23:15:38 +0000 http://www.patrickkphillips.com/2008/05/07/costly-coins/#comment-6217 Off topic: I tagged you in my blog for a post about your hopes: http://masooma.blogspot.com/2008/05/hope.html On topic: as someone with a bit of interest in coin-collecting, I like the penny. As a teacher, I love the newer pennies - cut one in half, place it in vinegar and the zinc inside will dissolve away leaving the copper shell - fun! As a consumer, I'd be just fine without pennies - Oregon gets along fine without them. Off topic: I tagged you in my blog for a post about your hopes: http://masooma.blogspot.com/2008/05/hope.html

On topic: as someone with a bit of interest in coin-collecting, I like the penny. As a teacher, I love the newer pennies – cut one in half, place it in vinegar and the zinc inside will dissolve away leaving the copper shell – fun! As a consumer, I’d be just fine without pennies – Oregon gets along fine without them.

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