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01 Jun 2025, 1:21 am

Well I guess I better keep all the ones I have in case they become an expensive collector's item. Just like the benie babies :D


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01 Jun 2025, 1:38 am

Sweetleaf wrote:
Well I guess I better keep all the ones I have in case they become an expensive collector's item. Just like the benie babies :D


Beanie babies never did reach their expected potential. Some are worth a small fortune but it's mainly the rare ones.

Currency is always collectable though, when the US gets rid of pennies I assume after a while you'd make a good return on investment. Though you'd want to look for error coins or coins in the best condition. Maybe they could be a family heirloom? In a generations time, they could be worth a small fortune.


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01 Jun 2025, 9:19 am

nick007 wrote:
MatchboxVagabond wrote:
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At this rate America will also have successfully adopted the metric system by 2400.

Why would we go any more metric than we are now? It's a terrible system for anything other than science and medicine. It makes nothing easier and uses inconvenient measures.

There's really and truly no actual benefit in switching to such an arbitrary system.

I've lived under the tyranny of the metric system and it's s really impractical system for most purposes.
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01 Jun 2025, 9:26 am

jamie0.0 wrote:
Sweetleaf wrote:
Well I guess I better keep all the ones I have in case they become an expensive collector's item. Just like the benie babies :D


Beanie babies never did reach their expected potential. Some are worth a small fortune but it's mainly the rare ones.

Currency is always collectable though, when the US gets rid of pennies I assume after a while you'd make a good return on investment. Though you'd want to look for error coins or coins in the best condition. Maybe they could be a family heirloom? In a generations time, they could be worth a small fortune.
Meanwhile with LPS, resellers still overpriced them like they're bags of cocaine. Especially with the sought after "Main 5" molds even though they aren't rare.