The Canadian penny is already worth more than the face value; they talked about getting rid of it. I wish they would already.



It's original And I didn't do anything special to get the diagonal focus. lol.



You don't use any focus, the lens is not attached to your camera, so you can't use AF or MF. Just move closer or farther away from the object. You can zoom in/out too.



Totally - lol. Who has money? Not me!



This post was edited by chantal7 on Feb 26 2009 09:45pm

I for one would be very happy if they actually decide to get rid of those worthless pennies. It's so annoying sometimes when you have to count all those tiny coins people give you as payment or when you give back the change heh.

They're the most disgusting thing on earth. They go every where, and anywhere. You see pennies all over the place; in shit, in pockets with dirty old men hands, on the ground in filth, people pick them up (especially kids) and save them, and then next thing you know you're sitting here with a sticky penny in your pocket and it's nasty. The shiny new ones are the best. Haha.

This post was edited by chantal7 on Feb 26 2009 09:50pm

hahaha that really reminds me of some of the pennies I received from some of those shabby looking customers who usually come in with their pockets full of dirty coins and just threw them in front of me so I had to pick them up one by one and count them <_< It's just eww lol.
Well even those new and shiny ones would get dirty and disgusting after have been in the pockets of a bum . I guess that's one of the few things that I actually do like about Sweden that they don't have that many different kind of coins there.

This post was edited by Futurama on Feb 26 2009 10:26pm

Hey dude! I found a 1991 penny earlier but now I am not sure if you were talking about the 1951 coins or 1991 course you could have typed the wrong number lol.

It doesn't any different than any other pennies lol.

back to the silver looking penny, it is actually zinc coated, but silver sounds better
and it was made this way due to the war.

Taken from Wiki

Years Material
1793–1857 copper
1857–1864 88% copper, 12% nickel (also known as NS-12)
1864–1942 bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc)
1943 zinc-coated steel (also known as steel penny)
1944–1946 brass (95% copper, 5% zinc)
1946–1962 bronze (95% copper, 5% tin and zinc)
1962–1982 brass (95% copper, 5% zinc)
1982– present 97.5% zinc core, 2.5% copper plating

Yeah It's interesting! I have two of them! lol. Thanks



I think I have the penny, just not the others... or something... too lazy to check

This post was edited by chantal7 on Mar 2 2009 08:55pm

Wow I didn't know there are such interesting history behind some of those coins! Chantal also posted some very interesting facts about the 1943 US 1 cent coin in her public photo album .
I guess I need to gather some information about US and Canadian coins before start looking for them so I will know which coins are rare and the history of those coins lol.



omg! You are rich lol. So are any of them made of copper??? If you ever find one you are so going to get rich lol.

Oh so you mean the 1991 nickel, dime and quarters are hard to find too or just the 1951 ones? Well so far I have found 1991 penny and a 1951 nickel ^^.

uhh. I am not sure if I should ask this but did you buy your coins and binders for coins at a pawn shop? Well according to a friend of mine some pawn shops here in Regina sell coins too but he doesn't if there is a store that only sells coins.

This post was edited by Futurama on Mar 2 2009 10:40pm