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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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Discovered It 1/1/2017 aboafetus discovered it   Visit Log

Seen in the hands of Vikke81.

Retrieve It from a Cache 1/1/2017 Vikke81 retrieved it from Lempipaikka Finland   Visit Log

Took this one from the letterbox it has been in for quite a while. The journey continues.

Discovered It 10/30/2016 paatonkana discovered it   Visit Log

A fine place to rest here :)

Dropped Off 10/9/2016 Webspider71 placed it in Lempipaikka Finland - 8.52 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/9/2016 Webspider71 took it to Kakoliitti - Kakola Granite Finland - 5.44 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/9/2016 Webspider71 took it to Musikantti - Musician (Kaanaan koulu) Finland - 4.48 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/9/2016 Webspider71 took it to Kuninkaanväylä - Kuningatar Finland - .26 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/9/2016 Webspider71 took it to Kuninkaanväylä - Kuningataräiti Finland - .7 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/9/2016 Webspider71 took it to Flackien perintö Finland - 2.43 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/9/2016 Webspider71 took it to Kuninkaanväylä - Prinsessa Finland - 1.53 miles  Visit Log
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