Twelve-year-old Drops coins with Surprising Results

[jeff of pa]

Twelve-year-old Nicole Borneman tested whether people would pick up pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters at Northbridge Mall. She went out on four different days and dropped 35 coins.

Some people looked straight ahead as they passed the coins, other looked down at the coins and kept walking, and others picked them up, she said.

She watched who picked up the coins, whether they were men or women, and which coins were picked up most often.

http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2009/mar/13/knowledge-power/

 

[BuckleBoy]

I always pick em up. Any kind of coin.


Figure it's easier to pick em up than dig em up.

 

[camperlee]

I pick up any coin I see their loss my gain

 

[Goodyguy]

Find a penny pick it up all the day have good luck!

 

[Montana Jim]

The link changed on us Jeff... it's a story about "green bags"...

 

[jeff of pa]

The link changed on us Jeff... it's a story about "green bags"...

No it's the Second story Down.
Just keep reading

 

[jeff of pa]

or here's the rest :

Borneman said she thought people would pick up more quarters because they are bigger and are worth more. But it turned out that people picked up more nickels than any other coin.

Women picked up more coins than men, she said.

“I like learning new things,” Borneman said, of why she decided to participate in the science fair. She said she’s been participating since she was in third grade.

 

[seger98]

I pick them all up & try to find the owner

 

[999slvrfx]

I pick up everything and check the dates.
Some day I will hit the jackpot.

 

[jeff of pa]

I think next year she should Glue them all down.

See how many Work at getting them loose.

 

[Lowbatts]

I dropped my drawers once.
Moving furniture sure is hard.

 

[celticfury]

i was once a vendor at an outdoor crafts fair. someone passing by dropped a handful of change on the sidewalk. over the course of about the next half hour or so, people picked up all the coins - EXCEPT THE PENNIES until someone eventually got them.

 

[Beans]

Of those who picked up the coins, how many had the hobby of MD, CRH, coin collecting etc.

 

[bigfish31]

I threw a quarter in the urinal at my local pub and it was gone when I went back.. I thought about it later and wonderd if I got it back in change. Yuk!