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My Traveling 2 Cents Geocoin My 2 Cents worth Geocoin

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Released:
Friday, September 6, 2013
Origin:
Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
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The mission of this coin is to find as many caches as possible and give its 2 cents worth to any Geocacher that may find it.  Cachers can 'Talk to the hand' if they have something to say!! Haha. Then move it to another cache, maybe with a better view.  Any country, any place as long as it moves.  It can even just visit for a while.

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Talk to the hand

"My two cents" (2¢) and its longer version "put my two cents in" is a United States (US) idiomatic expression, taken from the original English idiom expression: to put in "my two pennies worth" or "my tuppence worth." It is used to preface the tentative stating of one’s opinion. By deprecating the opinion to follow – suggesting its value is only two cents, a very small amount – the user of the phrase hopes to lessen the impact of a possibly contentious statement, showing politeness and humility. However, it is also sometimes used with irony when expressing a strongly felt opinion. The phrase is also used out of habit to preface uncontentious opinions. For example:

"If I may put my two cents in, that hat doesn't do you any favors." (More polite way of saying, for example: That hat is ugly.) An example of the shortened version: "My two cents is that you should sell that stock now."

There is some speculation as to the origin of the idiom.[citation needed]

The earliest reference to an analog of "two cents" appears in the lesson of the widow's mite in both the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Luke. In the story, several wealthy temple patrons donate large sums of money, but an extremely poor widow places just two small coins, i.e. her two cents, into the offering. Jesus finds greater favor with her than with the wealthy patrons, seeing that the widow gave all of her money to the Temple in Jerusalem while the wealthy patrons had much money left over for themselves.

Some believe that the phrase originates in betting card games, such as poker. In these games, one must make a small bet, or ante, before beginning play. Thus, the phrase makes an analogy between entering the game and entering a conversation. However, there is no documentary evidence of this being the origin of the idiom, so it is merely speculation. Other likely origins are that "my two pennies worth" is derived from the much older 16th Century English expression, "a penny for your thoughts", possibly a sarcastic response to receiving more opinion than was wanted "I said a penny for your thoughts, but I got two pennies' worth". There is also some belief that the idiom may have its origins in the early cost of postage in England, the "twopenny post", where two pennies was the normal charge of sending a letter containing one's words and thoughts or feelings to someone.

"Two cents" and its variations may also be used in place of the noun "opinion" or the verb phrase "state [subject's] opinion", e.g. "You had to put your two cents in, didn't you?" or "But that’s just my two cents."

The phrase "If you don't put your two cents in, how can you get change?" encourages an expression of opinion. It makes a pun on the word "change". One meaning of change is an alteration – presumably to bring someone or something in agreement with an expressed opinion. Another meaning of change is the cash equivalent of an overpayment. Thus the reference to two cents is in accord with another idiom that values opinions at one cent (penny for your thoughts).

This expression is also often used at the end of a statement, e.g. "Just my two cents."

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Write note 2/16/2018 Jamboree_009 posted a note for it   Visit Log

Not in cache Röykän masto 😟

Discovered It 10/2/2017 mikkopit discovered it   Visit Log

Clearing old photos of trackables from phone and this one was seen during May 2017 (date is not exact but month is correct atleast :)

Discovered It 5/25/2017 AiliLe discovered it   Visit Log

Nähty miitissä 19.5.17

Dropped Off 5/24/2017 AiliLe placed it in Röykän masto Finland - 15.13 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 5/20/2017 Voutar discovered it   Visit Log

Seen at "4 vuotta pöljänpoluilla" meet 19.5.2017

Discovered It 5/20/2017 mcmu discovered it   Visit Log

Nähty Vantaan miitissä

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/20/2017 AiliLe retrieved it from 4 vuotta pöljänpoluilla Finland   Visit Log

Poimittu miitissä 19.5.17

Discovered It 5/19/2017 tanjulainen discovered it Finland   Visit Log

Seen at the event 4 vuotta pöljänpoluilla.

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Nähty miitissä / Seen at event
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Discovered It 5/19/2017 Jorppa Lane discovered it   Visit Log

Seen at "4 vuotta pöljänpoluilla" meet.

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