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Location: big island | i just bought this on the bay:
don't know if anyone else here has tried one of these but i like it just for the nostalgia of it all. the seller gets great reviews and they are apparently very usable picks (only the silver coins). he has several other years available. '56 is my birth year and if i had a quarter from that year i'd try to shape it myself. he includes a nice keychain holder that displays the face of the pick. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | looks cool
what's the link?
of course defacing US currency is a crime...... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | fraudulently defacing US currency is a crime.
search for mojo pick on ebay, I think that's the only way to get them. |
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Location: Yucaipa, California | Brian May uses a Sixpence.... just gets them in change.... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Originally posted by stephent28:
looks cool
what's the link?
of course defacing US currency is a crime...... Here\'s the Kennedy half-dollar version... This seller has others.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | I got one, don't like it. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by stephent28:
looks cool
what's the link? If you're looking for your year of birth in silver, Stephen, don't forget that they only began producing silver coins after the standard was changed in 1893. |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | :D |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I bet those things leave Deadly Pick-Tracks! :eek:
You could make a brand-new guitar look like Willie's "Trigger" in a month.
Beal comments that he don't like 'em... Somewhere I got metal finger-picks and I don't like them.
Something about the metal-to-metal...
But I have some coins, and I have a dremel... |
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Location: Indiana | I use metal finger pics... but couldn't get next to a metal flat pic.
Might get one for my coin collection though. |
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Location: NJ | I always thought that it was illegal t'do this to currency . . . |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | It should be illegal, it makes their little heads look pointy. |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Well, at least that's one way to increase the value of U.S. currency. |
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Location: SoCal | The Kennedy one looks like the "Conehead" model... |
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Location: NJ | I'll wait for the Bush halala . . . |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | I'd rather spend the quarter on something else. Do these silver picks have any give to them? I've gotten a few to bend in my past, but it was always with the assistance of a passing locomotive. |
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Location: NJ | Take a half-dollar.
Sell it for thirteen.
"Economic Stimulus Package". |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | . . . pretty much what happened in the real estate market.
(or should I say, Mortgage-backed Securities) |
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Location: enid, ok | I've used quarters (and other world coins), but just as they are. They sound awesome, tho not for everything, and they really wreak havoc on strings. |
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Location: big island | hey, this pick actually works quite well but i would not use it for all songs. it adds a unique flavor. best used for arpeggio or single note picking rather than strumming. i likes it! the way it is beveled it will not damage strings, it is comfortable to hold, and is 52, just like me. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Plus you can stab people with them and not worry about the tip falling off. |
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mojo picks: cool and nostalgic