Comments on: Brain Game: Get Rich Quick! http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: heather http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89523 heather Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:36:27 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89523 I was gonna say any coin. If you find any coinage with only one face or that is minted so that only half of it is visible, it doubles (at least) in value. Guess I thought too much into it lol. I was gonna say any coin. If you find any coinage with only one face or that is minted so that only half of it is visible, it doubles (at least) in value.

Guess I thought too much into it lol.

]]> By: dalzinho http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89475 dalzinho Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:45:39 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89475 touché... What about DI then? touché…

What about DI then?

]]> By: AllisonW http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89389 AllisonW Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:53:37 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89389 No wonder I couldn't get it! I grew up in the South, where it is still called the "50-cent piece." No wonder I couldn’t get it! I grew up in the South, where it is still called the “50-cent piece.”

]]> By: Kevin H. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89362 Kevin H. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:30:31 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89362 999 in roman numerals is CMXCIX reCaptcha: half truth 999 in roman numerals is CMXCIX

reCaptcha: half truth

]]> By: gmsc http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89357 gmsc Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:14:17 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89357 The penny - you take half of it away, melt it down, separate and sell the copper, and you've got more than a penny! The penny – you take half of it away, melt it down, separate and sell the copper, and you’ve got more than a penny!

]]> By: dalzinho http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89350 dalzinho Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:30:37 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89350 Of course removing 2 of the 4 letters from DIME leaves you with IM - or, to your Roman, 999. Of course removing 2 of the 4 letters from DIME leaves you with IM – or, to your Roman, 999.

]]> By: grant http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405/comment-page-1#comment-89332 grant Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:22:49 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/17405#comment-89332 the half dollar. booya! the half dollar. booya!

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