Would you pick up a penny? / myLot

Los Angeles, California

December 23, 2016 9:03am CST

If you were walking along and spied a shiny or not so shiny penny, would you bend over and pick it up? Would you? After all it is just a penny and what can you do with a penny. I come from a generation where the old saying “a penny is a penny earned” was taught as a virtue. Money in any shape or form is hard to come by so you do not pass up so much as a penny. Ever since I was a kid, I have always picked up pennies and any other coins. Of course back in those dark ages, a few pennies could purchase some gum or candy. During the middle ages, pennies were still good for parking meters. Nowadays I keep all found money from coins to paper in jars. You would be surprised how it adds up over time (just like myLot earnings). Not a fortune but the way I look at it, who knows? What if I fall on hard times and need to buy food? All those pennies could buy a dose of needed medicine. Every penny counts in dire times. Bending over to pick up that penny could be life or death down the line. Would you pick up a penny?

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

23 Dec 16

yup I sure would bend over to pick up a penny. This reminds me of the time I saw a 5 dollar bill frozen in the ice on a sidewalk. I chipped that sucker out lol.

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

23 Dec 16

So would I!

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fishtiger58

@fishtiger58 (29820)

• Momence, Illinois

23 Dec 16

@JohnRoberts And now oddly enough I am one penny away from making cash out here. Wow totally eerie.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218891)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Dec 16

I'll pick up a nickel or above. With pennies, I turn them so the head side is showing. That way, someone else who believes in luck can pick it up and have a better day. Sounds "cliche," but it's actually what I do.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

2 Jan 17

I do the same thing =) But if the penny is facing up, I'd pick it up for luck lol. But if its facing down, I'll flip it for someone else. But I pick up anything over pickles and dimes, especially quarters I will! & cash of course =)

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218891)

• Walnut Creek, California

2 Jan 17

@infatuatedbby Nickels and above--mine.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94914)

• United States

2 Jan 17

@TheHorse Mine

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

23 Dec 16

I pick any coin I see, including pennies. I put them in a piggy bank with a counter that I reset every year, and I use them to buy stamps in automated machines. So far I picked 3.89 Euros this year, it paid 4 stamps

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topffer

@topffer (42156)

• France

24 Dec 16

@garymarsh6 It is the amount for all coins, and it does not represent a lot of coins. People usually do not pick anything under 0.50 Euros.

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Gary Marsh

@garymarsh6 (23404)

• United Kingdom

24 Dec 16

Gosh thats quite some amount! Well done!

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

23 Dec 16

That's putting found coins to good use!

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Marlina

@marlina (154131)

• Canada

23 Dec 16

NO, do not bend for picking up a penny anymore. Too stiff for that. And Canada does NOT have pennies anymore.

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The Horse

@TheHorse (218891)

• Walnut Creek, California

23 Dec 16

I hadn't realized that Canada had done away with pennies.

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Bobby Larkin

@hostessman (11871)

• Tucson, Arizona

23 Dec 16

i grew up when you did and yes i would pick the penny up and put it with the others i have picked up, i have several big jars os coins that i have bent over and picked up

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John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

23 Dec 16

If nothing else, a big jar of pennies make a good doorstop.

CaseyL

@CaseyRoss9966 (4056)

• United States

2 Jan 17

I pick up any change or money that I find. Some people don't like coins and just give them away but I always keep them because if you put them in a jar, basket, or piggy bank they start to add up. Last summer I collected almost $40 from the just change that I had collected from all over during the summer.

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Fishmomma

@Fishmomma (11377)

• United States

28 Dec 16

I do pick up pennies and agree they add up. Now I use the pennies for something family member requested that they need that is a "needed" item in this case used the pennies to buy needles for my daughters sewing machine.

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dragon54u

@dragon54u (31634)

• United States

23 Dec 16

I do pick up pennies and any other monies I see! Those things add up, as you say. I have great nieces and nephews that are 12 and under in age and they won't pick up money. My sister, their grandmother, gave the oldest $5 for raking her small yard and he gave it to his little sister because he said "You can't buy anything with $5". Lots of kids feel that way and won't pick up pennies or do any paid labor for under $10. Man, they will have a rude awakening one day if they so disdain small amounts now!!

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