Why do you see people on tv bite a coin?

[Death Metal Moe]

I guess it's more of an old time thing. You see it in the black and white era or old Bugs Bunny cartoons.

The person will get a quarter let's say, and bite it like they think it's not real.

Is this why? Were they testing it to see if it was a cheap conterfeit? Maybe this is an old inside joke that only dead guys would get?

Wow. Is this a scraping the bottom of the barrel post or what?!

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[canofsoup15]

Wow. Is this a scraping the bottom of the barrel post or what?!


i think sweaty vagina has accomplished that already.

As for the coin thing i think its meant to be funny...

Man im tired...and bored....

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[carguy]

Coins used to be gold, which is soft and could be bitten in to. So biting them was a check to see if the coin was real. I don't know if that's right, but that's what someone told me.

[canofsoup15]

Coins used to be gold


Were you raised on a pirate ship? and can you tell me where exactly these golden coins are, that would be fantastic.

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[IrishAlkey]

Dirty pennies taste good.

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[Alice S. Fuzzybutt]

For some reason, the term, "wooden nickel" comes to mind.

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[HordeKing1]

Biting a gold coin would leave teeth marks. Gold is a soft metal.

However, I don't know that the US ever used gold coins as currency.

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[newport king]

Coins used to be gold


gold dubloons?

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[TooCute]

The US used gold currency until 1933 when Roosevelt made it illegal to use gold coins etc. (that's after the banks got closed for four days)... eventually the gov't taking all the gold made made our currency the reserve currency that it is today.

Actually, because of that law, I think that it's technically still illegal to posess gold coins that were minted after 1933? But I know that they still make them as collectors things so that doens't seem to make much sense. Oh well. I've never paid much attention to numismatics.

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[canofsoup15]

Biting a gold coin would leave teeth marks. Gold is a soft metal.


So their biting it to make sure it isnt....silver?

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[ChickenHawk]

Dirty pennies taste good.
Whew... I got nervous for a second there. At first glance that looks like it could say something else.

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[HordeKing1]

I did some research on this, and was very surprised that the US did indeed use gold and silver coins.

I thought, incorrectly, that gold currency was in the form of actual nuggets or a treasury certificate backed up by the gold reserve in the US treasury (fort knox).

Gold coins were melted en mass and molded into gold bars on two occassions, as the value of the gold exceeded the value of the coin.

Some sites say it's illegal to own US gold coins, but I'm somewhat skeptical about this, since the US treasury has a gold coin collectors set.

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too obscure?

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[Spoil-Sport]

Good one, mikeyboy! Shoe shine boy always bit his coin

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[HordeKing1]

Wasn't the coin where shoeshine boy kept his secret energy pills?

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[mikeyboy]

Wasn't the coin where shoeshine boy kept his secret energy pills?


I don't think so. I think he just bit his coin when he got one for shining shoes. I did a little further research, though.

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[grlNIN]

Coins with chocolate inside are the best kinds of coins. :)



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[Sangreal]

In the old days the coins were not only gold and silver but they also had other metals, like iron and stuff. That was because they couldn't get enough gold and silver for all those coins. People with bad eyesight used to bite the coins to taste and feel (some metals are softer) what the metal was. Sometimes it was just tin and other cheap stuff, you couldn't use that so nobody wanted those coins. You wouldn't want a ten dollar bill when you are supposed to get a 20 do you?

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In the old days the coins were not only gold and silver but they also had other metals, like iron and stuff. That was because they couldn't get enough gold and silver for all those coins. People with bad eyesight used to bite the coins to taste and feel (some metals are softer) what the metal was. Sometimes it was just tin and other cheap stuff, you couldn't use that so nobody wanted those coins. You wouldn't want a ten dollar bill when you are supposed to get a 20 do you?



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