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"Just some old junk I found in the attic, toss it in the trash compactor" (media.piefed.social)
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[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, I understand that. Used to work a grocery store cash register. One day, one or two of our penny rolls were loaded with wheat pennies and Indian pennies. I even got my one and only steel penny that day. Shame that they were probably stolen and hawked or sold in tough times.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

*hocked

But yeah

Although honestly it doesn't really make sense to use a collectible penny as currency these days, as 1¢ is worth so little as to be effectively insignificant now.

In the past, though, I definitely did cash in old collected dollar and half-dollar coins because of my desire to eat.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

hocked

Til a new synonym for pawned