Added: Oct 11, 2008
From: TheStreetTV
Duration: 1:15
New York City children collected 100 million pennies to display at Rockefeller Center and donate to charity. Alix Steel hits the streets to find out what you would do with that much change.
Channel: News
Tags: business charity cramer finance funds jim mad money stocks street the thestreet.com
Rating: 3.86 (7 ratings) Views: 2855' favoriteCount='5 Comments: 27
leojd Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - 100 million?? sorry I must've read that wrong... someboody still has to pick all those pennies up and take it too the bank.. that's all I was saying... It was a joke!! You shouldn't call peoplle names.. douche bag
leojd Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - I believe they charge by the pound.. and yes I would like a calculators.
123zaba123 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - What does this prove? It's not your money it's not the Governments money. It all belongs to the FED, and in reality is only worth about 4 million as compared to the value of the dollar in 1918. Help America get the value of our Dollar back.Vote Ron Paul President in 2008
MooseOfReason Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - I'd go to the store and pay very, very slowly.
jimladx Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - I'd take them out of the US, sell them as scrap and buy TWO houses. Do I win a prize?
wondersie Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - I would swim in it, like a pro.
He101A Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - $1 million in pennies. Some of those pennies are made out of 95% copper, and the value of those pennies are 2.15 cents each. The zinc pennies are worth 1.4 cents in base metals.
lazer59882 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - i'd melt them down and make a sick statue of a huge penny
TYX91101 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - For the record, they're 97.5 percent zinc. With a lustrous copper plating on the outside.
Joyriser Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - See how interested people get looking at a pile of money!You can see them salivating!You can almost see the thoughts in their heads! Get a Porsche,Go to a tropical island,Leave the Wife/Husband.Any relationship based on the pursuit of money is false!Its why the selfish world is fucked!
shparker Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - the way Bush is ruining our economy soon the pennies will be worthless anyhow
earmah1 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - like scrooge mcduck?
broker645 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - Hey the penny is the new dollar, what are they doing with all those dollars.
wjunin Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - I`d throw it all at Bush`s head !
mnymatt Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - id have a....PENNY FIGHT!!!!!
wouldloveapizza Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - what dumb country still uses such a low value currency.
ifukyouintheass Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - ive thrown handfulls of pennys away cuz theyre so worthless...........
sampala Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - they were not 100 mil pennies they were 101 mil i know it
TyKun04 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - I'd jump in!!!
iamthe404 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - It isn't a dumb country sir, but I am opposed to the use of the penny
fyrestorme123 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - there is a reason for the penny. If we didn't have it then nobody would be able to charge $xx.99 or $xxx.99 for something :P
klepadlo Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - No there isent 100 millon in there there 100 million and 1 in there
Rusty1111264 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - if i had 100 million pennies id melt em all down and create an ULTRA PENNY!
REAPER21645 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - i would make a dollar bill out of pennys
spooky1966 Says:
Oct 11, 2008 - Dill hole, thats like a million dollars. Public school moron that you are. Now put your Ipod buds back in, grap your Wii and get ready for a life of making only pennies.