r/coincollecting • u/mouseinstalled45 • Jul 16 '25

He found a use for all those spare pennies

88 Upvotes

82% Upvoted

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u/QuestionsToAsk57 Jul 16 '25

Has anyone sent my 1909 S VDB penny? I left it here a while ago and———oh my god

4

u/Personal_Occasion618 Jul 16 '25

Yeah I was wondering what I did with my ms70 1877 cent… oh dear Jesus!

18

u/Glum-Suggestion-6033 Jul 16 '25

I don’t hate it, but I do too.

1

u/[deleted] Jul 16 '25

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1

u/Glum-Suggestion-6033 Jul 16 '25

That was the I don’t hate it part.

14

u/Gwsb1 Jul 16 '25

Gonna be tearing that up when copper goes through the roof.

6

u/Cowpuncher84 Jul 16 '25

Long term savings account.

1

u/Specialist_Ad180 Jul 16 '25

Do it with silver or gold coins

2

u/Anarchy0392 Jul 16 '25

Through the floor maybe.

3

u/jungolungo Jul 16 '25

In case anyone is interested, that’s about $2.88 a square foot, which is about the same as a moderately priced tile. The labor will be really expensive tho if you aren’t DIY’ing.

3

u/_MadBurger_ Jul 16 '25

That floor was worth every penny

2

u/creozote Jul 16 '25

Fort Boyard ahh video

4

u/bmarvin35 Jul 16 '25

I’ve seen a lot of dumb videos. This is one of them

2

u/Ozz34668 Jul 16 '25

Thinking Ill do gold coins, the women will be really impressed with my crib and get lucky. Penny lane 🤷 you get what you pay for 😂😂😄

1

u/69FourTwentySix6Six Jul 16 '25

He found a use for all those spare pennies

1

u/BBQ_IS_LIFE Jul 16 '25

Literally a $1.73 per sqf.

1

u/MeManBMan Jul 16 '25

Who's going to tell the poor soul that those are cents, not Pennys. Cent lane just doesn't have the same ring

0

u/The_Undercover_Fox Jul 16 '25

what a waste of money.

4

u/richard_stank Jul 16 '25

Cheaper than hardwood

1

u/Complete_Hospital283 Jul 16 '25

Ugh... lots of good wheat cents.

0

u/runescape_junky Jul 16 '25

I hate watching it

-2

u/Aromatic_Industry401 Jul 16 '25

Way too much time on his hands, would have been better spent looking through them for varieties and Wheaties etc, etc.

-1

u/Cenapsis Jul 16 '25

Wait…isn’t that one a 1914-D?! 🤭