Pennies for Peace

[jade_nova]

I was in a restaurant this money and I see this jar called "Pennies for Peace". Apparently some group wants to collect 400,000 pennies for 400,000 people in Darfur, I think those people are refugees. If they just get the 400,000 pennies then would have only collected $4,000. Shouldn't they at least try and ask for more?

[mgs]

4 thou is better than nothing, and in a few years, the metal in those pennies may make them worth more than one cent.

[Huh?]

They should probably try and hook up with the charity: "Loose Change Under Sofa Cushions For Peace." It sounds like they have a similar plan, and will have a similar impact.

[parrish]

4 thou is better than nothing, and in a few years, the metal in those pennies may make them worth more than one cent.

They already cost more than a penny to make.

[DonC]

I was in a restaurant this money and I see this jar called "Pennies for Peace". Apparently some group wants to collect 400,000 pennies for 400,000 people in Darfur, I think those people are refugees. If they just get the 400,000 pennies then would have only collected $4,000. Shouldn't they at least try and ask for more?


Four grand in Darfur will turn your house into the Playboy Mansion.

[mgs]

They already cost more than a penny to make.

yeah, of course. between the mining, possible importing from China, minting, etc. but their actual value on the stock market as a melted down metal may soon increase.