I so totally indifferent to this. I put all my change in a bank when I get home each night and cash them in for something I *really *want when the cash gets big, so no matter what change I have, I don’t care.
How much is the 2005 Zombie Lincoln penny worth now anyway?
There is no Zombie Lincoln. He was already shot in the head.
That’s what makes that coin so rare, then!
Ah, I missed that. No wonder it seemed like such an old concept…
It’s been time to get rid of the penny for a generation or so.
Think of it this way: when did we get rid of the half-penny coin? And what was that coin worth then, in today’s dollars?
NO. I like Kaley Cuoco, dangit.
If not now, when would the time ever be? When a pack of gum costs $10 and a cup of coffee at Starbucks is $20?[sup]1[/sup]
I’m not sure the Mint can even come up with a cheaper way to make pennies and nickels.
[sup]1[/sup]No doubt, if this comes to pass, the $20 bill will still be the largest bill in use, and those who don’t want to use plastic will be walking around with great wads of currency just to pay for the most trivial things.
Wait a minute, I didn’t bump this thread. But the post above mine is dated 2005. Now it looks like I bumped a zombie. Oh crap.
Well anyway, I still hate pennies.
The newbie who bumped it has been wished into the cornfield.
It isn’t already?
:: d&r ::
You can melt down pennies and make a great metal weapon to whack zombies in the head with. So that’s a good reason to keep them.
Here in Hungary, they’ve long done away with the 1- and 2-forint coins so the smallest coin is the 5-forint. We like it this way and just get irritated when visiting the States and get dinged for 1 or 2 cents in a transaction. Completely ridiculous. And the larger coins save up in jars better than pennies ever did!
We Hate Pennies.
And Zombies.
I like the phrase ‘bumping the zombie.’ It needs to be applied to something.
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It sounds vaguely dirty. More reason to apply it to something innocuous, like adding sugar to coffee.
Bumping a zombie is like jumping the shark.
“Me and Gino, we were bumping the zombie one Tuesday night when Angie called, wanting some of the action…”
How about a 10:1 conversion? Coin/print a new set of currency where ten new dollars equal an old dollar? We will still have a one cent coin, but it will have a bit of value. Also, ten dollar bills will become the largest denomination of printed currency.
This will essentially be the value the currency had in the first half of the twentieth century.Many other countries have made similar adjustments for inflated currencies.
I meant ten old dollars equal a new dollar…
…then again, it would be cool to have a dollar that looks like the old lira.
Zombies don’t care what the actual rate of exchange is. They just know that after a six year nap, one hour of their labor will produce a medium of exchange that enables purchasing one pound of brains. They don’t care whether that medium of exchange has a 1 or a 10 impressed upon it. Well, maybe except for mid-90’s Mexican zombies.
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