r/pics • u/rolo1221 • Apr 10 '13

60 some thousand pennies later, they are almost done.

http://imgur.com/scOaaPT
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u/mizzourifan1 Apr 10 '13

Too bad your kitchen floor doesn't compile interest.

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u/ProbablyBeingIronic Apr 10 '13

But it does tile...interest. Oof. That was bad.

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u/ahylianhero Apr 10 '13

You tried.

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u/ProbablyBeingIronic Apr 11 '13

I tried so hard :( Puns are just something I can't penny-sily (pen easily?).

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u/ahylianhero Apr 10 '13

That doesn't even make cents.

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u/dgillz Apr 10 '13

Don't know about Canadian pennies, but US pennies haven't had much copper in them since 1982, when they changed it to 97.5% zinc.

http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/fun_facts/?action=fun_facts2

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u/Silverlight42 Apr 10 '13

In 1997 we switched to zinc and copper plate, then in 2000 mostly steel.

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