What can you buy for twenty cents?
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43074)
Staten Island, New York
July 5, 2019 1:21pm CST
On the way to hubby's friend's house for 4th of July we stopped by a bakery to get some dessert. As I was getting out of the car I saw a shiny dime so picked it up and put it my pocket. And then when we got to his house I found another dime in the backyard. Since no one claimed it I picked it up. I was twenty cents richer. I thought about what I can possibly buy for twenty cents. The only thing that came to mind was a banana. What else can I buy with these two coins?
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
@mrki444 I don't know. Black caviar or truffles are definitely very expensive, as are dried morels.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
That's great. I don't think I'd be able to buy an apple here in NYC for that money.
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@mrki444 (15150)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
12 Jul 19
@lovebuglena What is most expensive grocery in your town?
@LindaOHio (156064)
• United States
5 Jul 19
Candy in those bins in the supermarket that are by the pound, $.20 worth of stamps, a pencil?
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
One stamp is probably 47 cents (not sure exact amount but somewhere around that) so won't work. 
Maybe a pencil, though don't remember the last time I used one or shopped for one. And I don't eat candy so that's out.
Maybe a pencil, though don't remember the last time I used one or shopped for one. And I don't eat candy so that's out.1 person likes this
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
@LindaOHio Never heard of those.
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@LindaOHio (156064)
• United States
12 Jul 19
@lovebuglena They have fill-in stamps for lesser amounts.
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
5 Jul 19
I don't think I can get even a banana for 20 cents here. I remember when I could make a phone call, buy a cup of coffee and even take the bus for a dime. I remember when beggars would ask us if we could spare a dime.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
Trader Joe's sells bananas per piece and the price is 19 cents. So I'd end up with a banana and a penny in my pocket. 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
12 Jul 19
@lovebuglena Here we don't use the penny any more. It was taken out of circulation a few years ago. Enjoy your banana and change!
@velvet53 (22528)
• Palisade, Colorado
12 Jul 19
@lovebuglena They are around here then you don't get very much.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
Maybe those but they are probably at least a quarter.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
5 Jul 19
Maybe a piece of candy. :) Or you can save it to grow the two coins.
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
12 Jul 19
@lovebuglena That sounds like a plan!
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
I don't eat candy, so just put the two dimes in the coin rolls that I will later deposit to the bank.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
5 Jul 19
I don't eat gum so that is out. But I wouldn't mind a banana.
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@Kosgey (1707)
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5 Jul 19
@lovebuglena ok. Sorry for that may I would substitute it with a biscuit.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
I think one carrot would be more than 20 cents.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jul 19
Yeah. I put the two dimes in my dime coin roll that I will deposit to the bank once it is filled.
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