Question for "Mr., Mrs., Ms., Cheap"...

[peramangkelder]

We don't have the brown penny coloured coins anymore so anything silver or 'gold' coloured coins get scooped up
Our 1cent and 2cent coins were retired from 1992
Our 5cent, 10cent, 20cent and 50cent coins are silver
Our $1 coin and $2 coins are 'gold' (I wish)

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Money is money. Damn right I'd pick it up, and look for its friends.

 

[JaniceM]

A., except we don’t have pennies in Canada anymore.

Seriously? but they were so pretty!
Back when I was in NY, I'd see almost as much Canadian change as American change.

 

[fuzzybuddy]

We don't have the brown penny coloured coins anymore so anything silver or 'gold' coloured coins get scooped up
Our 1cent and 2cent coins were retired from 1992
Our 5cent, 10cent, 20cent and 50cent coins are silver
Our $1 coin and $2 coins are 'gold' (I wish)

No pennies. What do you do if something comes out $1.07? Round up, round down? And how about things like credit card charges, do you still keep the cents - $1.07, or $1,05/$1.10?

 

[Jules]

No pennies. What do you do if something comes out $1.07? Round up, round down? And how about things like credit card charges, do you still keep the cents - $1.07, or $1,05/$1.10?

In Canada, for an example, we would round down for $1.61 or $1.62, up for $1.63 or $1.64.

Cash for $1.05 or $1.10, you’d be expected to pay with a loonie and nickels or a dime. If you weren’t paying the exact amount, you’d get change.

Credit/Debit are the actual amount.

I thought I’d miss pennies, couldn’t be happier to be rid of them. I

 

[IrisSenior]

Pennies were a pain in the "A" - I don't miss them at all so I won't pick one up.

B-sure I would pick up a nickel, dime, quarter, loonie, toonie.

I have picked up a bill on the occasion.

I can now bend over easier due to weight loss...

 

[Jace]

I think, I had heard "somewhere-along-the-way"..."they" were thinking of getting of the penny.

Anybody know..heard about that?

 

[Ruthanne]

Only for dollars. Not going to hurt my back for nothing .

 

[JaniceM]

I think, I had heard "somewhere-along-the-way"..."they" were thinking of getting of the penny.

Anybody know..heard about that?

You didn't mention your location, but decades ago my father heard U.S. was going to stop making pennies and started squirreling away bunches of them.. never happened, though.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

My husband used to bend down to pick up a penny.
I'll bend down to pick up a quarters and dollars.

 

[JustDave]

A., except we don’t have pennies in Canada anymore.

How unAmerican! I still have a couple of Canadian dollar bills from one of my visits many many years ago. I used a couple of them to buy something there (still years ago), and the clerk laughed and asked where I got those from. I actually have a jar of Canadian Money. Probably has a penny or two. Maybe it will be a collector's item.

 

[oldman]

Here’s a quick little anecdote. Maybe you will get a laugh reading it.

In the town I grew up in, we had three bars. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, my buddy and I would get up before daylight and go to these bars looking for change in the parking lots. We did this for only a couple of years, but some days were very lucrative, while others were not so much. I think our biggest haul was on a Sunday morning after the one bar held a contest of the battle of the bands on a Saturday night. We picked up everything from 50 cent pieces to a few dollar bills and ended up with over $20. That was pretty good money for the early 60’s.

My dad suggested doing it, but I didn’t want to go alone. The town cop pulled in early one morning and asked what we were doing. When we told him, he laughed, shook his head and drove away.