# Penny Etiquette

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-etiquette/186437>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 5, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-etiquette/186437 "2003-07-05T20:38:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penny-etiquette/186437/61 "2003-07-09T07:57:21Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Achernar \*  
> \*\*You had about $500 in pennies? At an average of 2 pennies per purchase, that’s 25,000 purchases. One a day for 68 years. Am I reading you right? \*\*

You’re forgetting that pennies BREED in dark places like wallets, pockets and purses. 😃

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