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If you saw money on the floor / ground, what's the smallest amount it would need to be for you to be

Yes, money is money

[ 26 ]

[ 53.1% ]

Penny, they add up

[ 10 ]

[ 20.4% ]

Nickel

[ 3 ]

[ 6.1% ]

Dime

[ 2 ]

[ 4.1% ]

Quarter

[ 0 ]

[ 0.0% ]

I don't pick-up coins. Not worth bending down

[ 0 ]

[ 0.0% ]

It has to be at least a quarter

[ 2 ]

[ 4.1% ]

[ 2 ]

[ 4.1% ]

Only if the coin is heads up

[ 4 ]

[ 8.2% ]

Total valid votes

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TheMeatman2005

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Oct 18, 2018, 7:07 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on Oct 18, 2018
He Convinced 2.8 Million People To Give Him One Penny Each:

https://www.ozy.com/flashback/he-convinced-28-million-people-to-give-him-one-penny-each/33543

Very interesting story. Thanks Raven62

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Oct 25, 2018, 1:59 pm

Quote: Originally posted by TheMeatman2005 on Oct 18, 2018
If you saw money on the floor / ground, what's the smallest amount it would need to be for you to bend down to pick it up?

I Answered A Nickel....

If I Saw A Penny On The Ground,I Would Most Likely Pass It By.

There's No Use For It Anymore.What Would I Do With It?

Retailers Will Round Off Your Purchase To The Nearest .05 Increment.

So,A cash transaction of Say $1.01 or $1.02 would be rounded down to $1.00.

Cash transactions of $1.03 or $1.04 would be rounded up to $1.05

The final Canadian penny was minted at the Royal Canadian Mint's Winnipeg, Manitoba plant on the morning of May 4, 2012.

Existing pennies remain legal tender indefinitely; however, pennies were withdrawn from circulation on February 4, 2013.

Only pennies produced in 1982 or later are still legally "Circulation Coins".
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Oct 25, 2018, 2:05 pm

Quote: Originally posted by lowellm on Oct 18, 2018
I'll pick up a penny (couldn't care less if it's heads or tails) and thank the Lord for it! I figure, if I'm grateful for a penny, perhaps He'll see I'm fit for further blessings. :) If I find a penny, then a few steps later I find a nickel (or another penny), my eyes will be glued to the ground for the remainder of the day. lol

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Oct 26, 2018, 9:40 am

Quote: Originally posted by CDanaT on Oct 18, 2018
I am going with a dime.... Can you even buy something anymore with a nickel ?

Do they still sell Bazooka bubblegum? 5 cents remember.

To be honest if it was a dime or a quarter I would think about the year of it. Those old silver ones are still around. Sometimes you get one with change. $1 get an old silver quarter get $5 back change. Not bad!

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Oct 26, 2018, 10:08 am

Quote: Originally posted by Soledad on Oct 26, 2018
Do they still sell Bazooka bubblegum? 5 cents remember.

To be honest if it was a dime or a quarter I would think about the year of it. Those old silver ones are still around. Sometimes you get one with change. $1 get an old silver quarter get $5 back change. Not bad!

I haven't purchased a piece of Bazooka Gum in at least 35 - 40 years... I have no idea, nor have I seen a container on a counter someplace either. Do they have it in an open box in the candy bar aisle anymore ? As far as the price of Bazooka, I used to buy it when it was 1 & 2 cents respectfully.

I have been into the old time stores that replicate the days of my youth(1960's) when you used to be able to get a small brown bag and fill it with penny candy for about 50 cents

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Oct 27, 2018, 8:43 pm

I've picked up everything from a penny to a dollar coin to a dollar bill.

Today I picked up 27 cents in change.

If it is wet and mucky and flu season I will leave it there and let someone else pick up the penny and get the flu.

The most I found was 3 $1 bills in a public toilet but I did NOT fish them out. I almost left but didn't want to get that money in circulation so I went back in and flushed...not worth starting an epidemic over.
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Oct 27, 2018, 9:42 pm

The Mrs and I went to a local Native American festival this past weekend. Took our GSD with us and he was checking things out as usual. He stopped to sniff something and beside where he was sniffing, the Mrs noticed a folded up $5 bill... Not a bad find...Stopped and picked that one up !!

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Oct 27, 2018, 10:13 pm

I will pick up any change I come across. And always love a heads up lucky penny.

My best find was a $20 bill in a trash can wrapped around a big gulp cup, this was when i was a janitor... now days I dont go digging through trash ;)
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Oct 28, 2018, 10:08 am

I would pick up change since I view pennies as lucky also. If I found a $10 bill or more, I would try to turn it in, if inside a store. I remember when I was very small and in a grocery checkout line with my grandmother and both of us saw a dollar bill on the floor just outside the checkout area. Neither of us had any instinct to grab it (it did not belong to us) and I was appalled when someone walked by and grabbed it since it was not likely his money. I would consider it bad karma now to keep it. You can always buy a meal for the homeless or donate it.

I have tremendous respect for individuals who turn in found money like when a charity worker finds money in a donated object and turns it in so the owner can be located.

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Oct 28, 2018, 11:19 am

Kids look for change or bills all the time, finds are best left to lucky observant kids.

I don't look 3 customers hands ahead at every check out to know who dropped what.

This was a good poll topic, lol.

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Oct 30, 2018, 11:26 pm

Takes one second to pick up a penny.... That's $36/hr tax free..
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Oct 30, 2018, 11:30 pm

i mean sure who doesn't? its ok. change gate money just stay there forever. pick up put up shove in jar. save to top..coinstar that thing for faint hope of lottery tickets. or bread on the table... buttered lottery tickets or winning tv dinner from the coin an friend Bill on the ground. hey it can happen. Nothing wrong with it. most I found was one dollar. Fellow found 50 dollars, albeit, it was ripped up. took it to the bang an they gave him a crisp new one. boy was chip an crisp as a potato wedge from montana lattitude.
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Oct 31, 2018, 9:34 am

Quote: Originally posted by Artist77 on Oct 28, 2018
I would pick up change since I view pennies as lucky also. If I found a $10 bill or more, I would try to turn it in, if inside a store. I remember when I was very small and in a grocery checkout line with my grandmother and both of us saw a dollar bill on the floor just outside the checkout area. Neither of us had any instinct to grab it (it did not belong to us) and I was appalled when someone walked by and grabbed it since it was not likely his money. I would consider it bad karma now to keep it. You can always buy a meal for the homeless or donate it.

I have tremendous respect for individuals who turn in found money like when a charity worker finds money in a donated object and turns it in so the owner can be located.

I have lost money over the years. One time I lost $5. A day or two later one of my neighbors told me that he had found $5. I told him that I had lost $5 thinking that at least I know who found it but to my surprise he pulled $5 out of his wallet and handed it to me. That is the only time I have ever had that happen. I have lost $10 and $20 and felt bad about it but I witnessed one thing that really P!ssed me off.

I saw someone across a restaurant drop a $50 bill after they paid and got up to leave. I told their waitress and she grabbed the $50 and went outside and stopped the wrong people and handed it to two women who weren't even in the restaurant and they kept it!
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Oct 31, 2018, 10:14 am

I pick up pennies especially if they're heads up because they bring me good luck..always!

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Oct 31, 2018, 3:48 pm

Quote: Originally posted by Vergie6 on Oct 31, 2018
I pick up pennies especially if they're heads up because they bring me good luck..always!

yeah sticker less coloring books an outlines of tracing paper. dinosaur books an hip hops corn to pop. pennies face up a somewhat luck. face downs an bottoms up; the pigions plight. thunder flower not enough power...found this currency in that state..add to the jar non pickle peanut butter, lottery in hand from such jar??! who stole the winning ticket form the pickle cookies jars?

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