Spyke
lemmy.ml

Makes me wish JFK was on a coin.

edit: I'm fucking stupid, you guys.

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Up until about 3 years ago I had always that it was JFK on the dime. Turns out the dime is Roosevelt or something.

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lemmy.sdf.org

Cents since 1982 are mostly zinc with a thin shell of bronze. They'll rot badly if compromised with a hole.

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Grassreply
sh.itjust.works

I've never seen/heard anyone refer to them as cents referring to the physical coin rather than the value and calling the coin a penny

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ferretreply
sh.itjust.works

If you want to be pedantic, the use of cents in that way is incorrect.

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lemm.ee

Shouldn't the other penny behind the front one be rotated a bit prior to punching so you can actually see the minted year without having to pull up the front penny?

It'll look a bit janky but at least it'll follow the intent of the post.

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I'm guessing, it won't be offset like that most of the time...? I mean, it is theoretically possible, if that hole isn't round, which is hard to tell from this picture, but that just seems rather inconvenient for a key chain.

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But... but how will I convey my emotions through the medium of the interwebs? 🤔😯

/s

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ch00freply
lemmy.world

Nope. Destroying currency in a manner that does not constitute fraud is not illegal in America.

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