COPPER CENTS USED IN WINE TESTING Pubblico Deposited
The E-Sylum: Volume 7, Number 33, August 15, 2004, Article 23
COPPER CENTS USED IN WINE TESTING
Dick Johnson writes: "In sixty years I have been reading about
Lincoln Cents I thought I had heard it all. Not so. I thought I
had heard of every conceivable use of a Lincoln cent for
nonmonetary purposes. Like substituting a cent for a burnt-out
fuse in a fuse box, as a temporary screwdriver, a paint can
opener, or even left over from the days of the large cent ?
placing a coin on the eyelid of a recently deceased person to
assure the lid is shut before rigor mortis sets in.Well, in a story in the Indianapolis Star this week, food writer
Patti Denton tells of a wine testing competition at the Indiana
State Fairgrounds for the Governor?s Cup which ended August
4th. Thirteen judges had to test 3,644 wine entries. Judge
Linda Jones McKee, who is president of a Pennsylvania
winery group and has been testing wines for 12 years,
disclosed this trick. In Patti Denton?s own words:?One of her judging tricks caught the eye of a fellow first-time
judge. They had a wine that was producing a strong sulfur
smell. McKee dropped a penny in the glass, which dissipates
some of the aroma. For that reason, McKee tries to keep
a penny minted before 1995, when the copper content was
higher. Unfortunately the coin revealed some other faults the
wine had as well, she said.?The next time a sommelier serves me a glass of wine that
smells like vinegar would it help if I dumped all my pocket
change in the glass?"- 2004-08-15
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