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JD7.62;4527206; said:
:ROFL::ROFL::ROFL:

Thats funny on so many fronts!

The fed is watching a fish site? haha! There may be a few wildlife officials that take a peak every now and then but what do they have to do with coin collecting?

Legal US tender is legal US tender, how could that be illegal?

Plenty of people have been busted on MFK? Really? You must ahve seen alot here in your six months. I guess being here for over 5 years I just forget those "plenty" people that get busted on here! lol

As far as redepositing, my bank has a free coin counter. Drop in coins, prints a receipt, take receipt to tellar and redeem for cash or deposit into my account.
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as you can tell ive havent even been here for a year and I already know of one person his avatar is a small sunfish he is now being sued for a couple K cause he sold some illegal species that he caught while fishing.

lol you can ask around other people have seen other cases.

its illegal cause I believe it is considered distruction of US currency somthing along those lines anyway ive asked around. but if I were to do it I would do it with pennies keep in mind until 1986 pennies were 100 percent copper they are worth about ten cents or more now due to the high price of copper just imagine how many pennies you can get if you were to withdraw 500 dollars of them assuing 60 percent was made in 1986 or before that thats 300 coins or 30 dollars at ten cents a hit:ROFL::ROFL:

have fun with your counting :popcorn:
 
o I stand corrected melting pennies and nickels is illegal not silver dollars melt away my friend buy yourself somthing nice
 
Yes, Destroying (defacing) money is illegal. However it has been clearly stated that they are being "saved" hence still intact. The precious metals are being saved for his daughter, what she does with it when its time is her business, untill then the OP has clearly stated they are in a piggy bank. So, no its not illegal, its a coin collection.
 
One of my neighbors in the U.S. gives me 1 cent for each 5 centavo coin I bring back from the Philippines. 1 U.S. cent is 10 times what they are worth in the Philippines! He uses them for copper washers. Will I get rich doing it? No, but it is an excellent return on my investment! :D


Would you pick up a 5-centavo coin?


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A 5-centavo coin is on the floor. Would you exert effort to pick it up? In US dollars, it's worth is 0.05 Philippine pesos = 0.0010246 U.S. dollars.

That is our current smallest valued coin here in the Philippines. Not all is a penny picker-upper.

Knowing the value of money, some people still pick up those. I always pick them up and just deposit them to the bank when I am going to deposit some money. Here is an article I found..

A recent survey by America Online came up with some interesting opinions and facts regarding our one-cent coins (which AOL refers to as "pennies").
The heading for the column was, "Are You a Penny Picker-Upper?" The vote resulted in a surprising 80 percent saying "yes."
That number does not jibe with our observations of cents lying in wait in the same spot day after day on the street, or hour after hour on the mall floor.
If the survey asked the age of the respondents, most of those saying "yes" would be older adults who remember hard times when a one-cent postcard and the one-cent gum machine were commonplace.
Kids almost never pick up pennies. In fact, many coins can be found on the grounds after school at any elementary or middle school.
AOL also asked what people do with these coins. The majority said they hoard them until there are enough to cash in. About 40 percent said they accumulate only a few at a time and then spend them. A small percentage said they avoid them as much as possible.​
More nice facts to read about money habits...
15% of us tally the loot in our wallet at least once a day, and 10% never do.
72% of "normal people" store bills in rigid order, with smaller currency leading up to higher denominations.
When the cashier gives us a penny and nothing more in change, just half of shoppers accept it.
35% of survey respondents say they wouldn't spend the time and energy to get a refund for anything less than a dollar.
26% of people jangle the change in their coat pockets.
We tip less at restaurants on rainy days and more when it's sunny, when the bill comes on a tray, and when we're eating alone. The tip also improves when waitresses draw a smiley face on the bill. When waiters do it, we're less generous.
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You wouldn't be a millionaire if you lack 5 centavos even if you have 999,999.95 pesos.
 
in the near future it said that silver/gold will be worth a lot. rich people are buying them, some in the tons.
 
sorry to bust your bubble but it is illegal.

"1. Is it illegal to damage or deface coins?

Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code provides criminal penalties for anyone who fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the Mints of the United States. This statute means that you may be violating the law if you change the appearance of the coin and fraudulently represent it to be other than the altered coin that it is. As a matter of policy, the Mint does not promote coloring, plating or altering U.S. coinage: however, there are no sanctions against such activity absent fraudulent intent."

it's not illegal to collect how ever if you melt it to get the silver you are breaking the law. Unless you save it and wait for the value to go up, but since you can't melt it, still useless well....25 cents lol.
 
Reading comprehension is tough huh?

Oh yeah, pre-82 pennies are 95% copper and currently worth about 2.4 cents. I do collect copper too, but its jacketed around lead in a brass case. ;)
 
snow;4528334; said:
hence I reason I'm hanging onto the gold coin my uncle won from mcdonalds.:headbang2
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Ronald McDonald money is worth something?? :eek:


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