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| 2001/10/30-31 [Politics/Domestic/California, Reference/BayArea] UID:22872 Activity:insanely high |
10/30 I have a lot of pennies, and although they are non-ass,
I would like to exchange them for a more socially acceptable
form of money. Are there any specific locations with those
mythical money changing machines that will accept a huge
collection of coins and (while taking a percentage) return
useful change? In Berkeley? In the Bay Area? Thanks.
\_ I have heard that the wieght of the zinc in a penny is
worth more than one penny. i'm not sure if this is true.
check the price of zinc, and weigh a penny, and melt
them down to be sold as scrap. this is illegal, though.
\_ a get rich quick scheme
debasing legal tender
zinc worth more than cash
\_ But isn't there something else other than zinc that gives it the
bronze color? How do you get rid of that?
\_ http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?action=coin_specifications
Copper, of course.
\_ The penny continues to be legal tender solely becauswe of the
mining lobby.
\_ How else do you pay for a 99-cent item without tax?
\_ The Safeway on Solano near Santa Fe has a machine; commission is
something like 15-20%. --pld
\_ If it's a Coinstar machine, it only takes 8.9 cents
per dollar. And it's fun to use!
\_ link:www.coinstar.com for locations.
\_ AC Transit machines count pennies.
\_ I'd just keep on using them whenever I go shopping.
\_ The Cala Foods at Hyde and California has one. -ausman
\_ The parking meters in San Mateo accept them. heh.
\_ but do they accept dimes? that's where the fun starts
\_ Why not take them to the bank? They'll make you roll them first,
but they'll take them. I just exchanged $2.00 in pennies that
way. --dim
\_ Do they actually check what you put in the roll between the
first and the last pennies?
\_ My bank did. It's a bank. They do money. They only do
money. They've been doing nothing but money for 100+ years
since before you were born. What are the odds you're going
to pull a fast one and get away with it? |
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