What is the smallest coin you would pick up off the ground?

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

Scenario: Your train has just pulled into Falmer on a busy match day. You're first out the door and there before you on the platform is shining coin. You know that stopping to pick it up would cause all sorts of problems behind you. What is the lowest denomination coin that you would pick up?

Poll to follow.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

You better get all the denominations or there'll be hell to pay!

 

[Normal Rob]

really, why do you want to know?

 

[nail-Z]

I wouldn't bother for a coin if it meant becoming an obstruction.

On my own, anything silver and upwards would be recovered. Unless it was in dog shit. But that's a different poll.

 

[dookieno8]

undecided between 50p or a £1

you can't even buy a bar of chocolate for 50p anymore!

scandelous!

 

[banjo]

Thrupence.

 

[Butch Willykins]

When I was a kid, during the summer holidays, we used to superglue loose change to the pavement outside my mates house in Kemp Town. Hours of fun watching people try it up whilst we'd shout "Pikey ****" out the window. One bastard did come back with a chisel though and cleaned up.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

You didn't put the £1,000 coin on there but i'll let you off because I didn't even know it existed

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153319/Thats-worth-pretty-penny-The-1-000-Jubilee-coin-costs-60-000-buy.html

 

[Oscar]

1p because...

Find a penny,
Pick it up,
And all the day you'll have good luck.

 

[BLOCK F]

1p 'cos I'm a tight bastard and often want to spend a penny at train stations!

 

[Sussax]

10p

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

1p because...

Find a penny,
Pick it up,
And all the day you'll have good luck.

I always wondered if that would count if you just randomly dropped 1p and then went and found it?

 

[jakarta]

Would always pick up any coin as that is what charity tins are for.

I don't actually keep or use anything lower than 10p pieces and they sit with 20p's and 50p's in my glove compartment for car parking etc..

1p's, 2p's and 5p's all go in the aforementioned charidee tins. Once parking meters stop taking 10p pieces (and it probably won't be long) then they will start to go in as well.

 

[Uncle C]

Whats the smallest chance you have of doing a search.

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?250649-Money-Smallest-and-biggest&highlight=smallest+coin

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I actually found a POUND in Waitrose car park the other day. Result,

 

[Oscar]

Whats the smallest chance you have of doing a search.

http://www.northstandchat.com/showthread.php?250649-Money-Smallest-and-biggest&highlight=smallest+coin

Ah, happy days. What an amazing thread that was you started back in July. Well done to you. I mean, it really did put a lid on what is a big debate. I feel almost violated having been conned into contributing to this thread now.

 

[Nibble]

A penny. Goes in the pot in my lounge and every 6 months goes to the Martletts. Soon adds up and a penny to The Martletts is worth a lot more than it is to most of us.

 

[Pavilionaire]

A quid. I like the chunkiness of the coin.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

in a scenario like that 50p.

usually i'd pick up 20p or maybe 10p. all depends on how dirty the coin is.

 

[8ace]

A Krugerrand