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DesertGems — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:01:19 GMT

coin denomination would you "stoop down" to retrieve? 🤔

A. A penny..."A penny saved is a penny earned"..Ben Frkln.

B. Anything silver

C. Only for dollars. 🤭

Hmmm?

What's the largest you've picked up?

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World Traveler — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:01:42 GMT

Some pennies, due to their age and scarcity, are very valuable.

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millieshops — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:03:51 GMT

@DesertGems always anything more than a penny - and sometimes even those.

I had a superior in my last teaching position who said you could tell the condition of the overall economy by observing which coins the kids left on the floors.

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SeaMaiden — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:04:42 GMT

@DesertGems When I was a little girl, I was walking with my Mom and found a penny... I picked it up and showed her... and then threw the penny..... My Mother stopped me and shook me and told me to never do that again. ( My Mother grew up poor, and respected money).

I think that moment struck with me for the rest of my life... and I ALWAYS pick up pennies to this day.... It was a lesson in respect. I grew up very comfortable and never needing anything and I needed to learn the lesson of respect as a child for money.

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:06:03 GMT

All of them, my last name isn't Rockerfeller.

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justashopper — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:11:28 GMT

Find a penny

Pick it up

All day long

You'll have good luck!!

I pick up a penny....

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sunshine45 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:11:33 GMT

i stop and pick up any money i see, unless it is overly dirty or in mud.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:11:44 GMT

I've had a penny on my driveway near the street for months. I left it there wondering if anyone would pick it up. Nobody has.

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luvzchiz — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:30:12 GMT

All of them and clean them off with a disinfectant wipe before putting them away.

Every penny counts.

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BlueFinch — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:44:48 GMT

@justashopper wrote:
Find a penny
Pick it up
All day long
You'll have good luck!!

I pick up a penny....

@justashopper As a child, my mom taught me this. It's ingrained in my brain. I will never pass up a penny. When I pick one up, I keep it close for the day, like in my pocket.

I guess I still carry a child's belief that it will give me luck -- all day long. Why not, there's motivating power in positive belief, enabling us to control our own luck.

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beckyb1012 — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 16:50:59 GMT

I pick up all from pennies to paper. I have found $20.00 bills several times, five dollar bills, a checkbook, a credit card and a wallet with $330.00 cash in it. I returned the wallet, checkbook and located credit card owner. The owner of the wallet was a young man who had dropped in a parking lot and the look on his face when I gave it to him the next day was priceless.

I found a cellphone once on one of my daily walks and just waited until the first phone call came in. The owner's husband came and picked it up when his son called and told him some strange lady had his Mom's cell phone.

I have a special vase that I put all the pennies ect..... in when I find them.

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KailaS — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:25:20 GMT

i pick up anything in money. I think the largest I picked up was a quarter.

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DesertGems — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:10:28 GMT

@beckyb1012 wrote:
I pick up all from pennies to paper. I have found $20.00 bills several times, five dollar bills, a checkbook, a credit card and a wallet with $330.00 cash in it. I returned the wallet, checkbook and located credit card owner. The owner of the wallet was a young man who had dropped in a parking lot and the look on his face when I gave it to him the next day was priceless.
I found a cellphone once on one of my daily walks and just waited until the first phone call came in. The owner's husband came and picked it up when his son called and told him some strange lady had his Mom's cell phone.
I have a special vase that I put all the pennies ect..... in when I find them.

Very, very good!

With all that..If Karma has "anything to do with it"..you should be well rewarded,

IMHO!😉

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SilleeMee — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:27:13 GMT

My fingers are so screwed up that I can't even pick up any coins. Don't even carry them in my wallet either. So the only money I would be picking up is the paper kind.

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Wendy Lou Hoo — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:22:57 GMT

I will pick up any coins I find, however, I've always heard if you pick up a penny on "tails", it's bad luck. I only pick up a penny if it's on "heads".

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x Hedge — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 20:45:53 GMT

I pick up pennies.

The largest amount that blew in my direction was a $20.00 bill.

. . . I picked that up too.

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DottieBlue — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 21:13:40 GMT

Sometimes I pick up coins, depends on where and when. The largest amount I ever picked up was a $50.00 bill. I assumed it was probably fake. Later I showed it to my niece who was a cashier and experienced with handling cash and she told me - nope, not fake - it's real! So I bought us both lunch with it.

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justashopper — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:50:10 GMT

@BlueFinch

Mine, too!

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ALRATIBA — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 00:53:44 GMT

This was years ago when I lived in CA. Mid 1980s.

Day after Halloween ... some kid's treat bag probably broke. We went out to walk the dog and there was a stream of quarters on the sidewalk down the street. Retrieved them all!

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AngelPuppy1 — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:21:49 GMT

All found money is good! I will not pick up a penny if it is face down, however. I was told that this is bad luck. The most I ever found was a $20.00 bill.