Jayleonis | 16 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Same game. Any one know what the significance behind the difference here on these box codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Likely their placement from the die cut master. They probably get printed as a full sheet of 9 or 12 and then cut out as individuals from there. There are always marks on items like this to tell where it was printed, when and also from where exactly in that set it came. If you look on a USA Cent, you'll see a S, D or P, signifying at which Mint it was struck. One of them is actually denoted by a missing letter but I forget. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 426 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Code Monkey said: Likely their placement from the die cut master. They probably get printed as a full sheet of 9 or 12 and then cut out as individuals from there. There are always marks on items like this to tell where it was printed, when and also from where exactly in that set it came. If you look on a USA Cent, you'll see a S, D or P, signifying at which Mint it was struck. One of them is actually denoted by a missing letter but I forget. It's the P mint except for 2017 pennies Edited February 17, 2021 by Hybrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Hybrid said: It's the P mint except for 2017 pennies They're Cents. The USA doesn't have Pennies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid | 426 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Semantics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Code Monkey said: They're Cents. The USA doesn't have Pennies. Cent is the unit. They're one-cent coins. Edited February 17, 2021 by fcgamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Pennie isn't even a unit of UK currency. It's pounds and PENCE. Penny/pennies is a nickname even where the word is more similar to the actual unit. The brown worthless ones are pennies, no matter where you're from... I got a bunch of Taiwanese pennies right here! @Code Monkey I suppose you got a problem with dimes, nickles and quarters too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, OptOut said: Pennie isn't even a unit of UK currency. It's pounds and PENCE. Penny/pennies is a nickname even where the word is more similar to the actual unit. The brown worthless ones are pennies, no matter where you're from... I got a bunch of Taiwanese pennies right here! @Code Monkey I suppose you got a problem with dimes, nickles and quarters too! I hate to be that guy, but penny would be the singular of pence, and it's even on your coin. Edit: Though I'm a described linguistics guy, so I actually agree with all that @OptOut said. My Dad always calls the coins in the above picture "pennies" as well, when he visits Edited February 17, 2021 by fcgamer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, fcgamer said: I hate to be that guy, but penny would be the singular of pence, and it's even on your coin. Edit: Though I'm a described linguistics guy, so I actually agree with all that @OptOut said. My Dad always calls the coins in the above picture "pennies" as well, when he visits Weird, I always would have said pence! I guess it doesn't come up that often, lol! Anyway, yeah the point stands! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 46 minutes ago, OptOut said: Weird, I always would have said pence! I guess it doesn't come up that often, lol! Anyway, yeah the point stands! I'd think most people would use pence as the singular in England, similarly in the States everyone except Code Monkey would use "penny" and "pennies", despite the fact that pence would also be a proper plural. It's a funny topic, but stuff like this is why I prefer actual usage to silly, often arbitrary rules developed by long dead stuffy white has-beens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,806 Events Team · Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Code Monkey said: They're Cents. The USA doesn't have Pennies. You are wrong. Please complete the following. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, JamesRobot said: You are wrong. Please complete the following. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowser | 598 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 I wonder what the variant collectors think of this. Do these count as variants? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,790 Administrator · Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 minute ago, bowser said: I wonder what the variant collectors think of this. Do these count as variants? God I hope not lol. For their sakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,412 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, bowser said: I wonder what the variant collectors think of this. Do these count as variants? I'm not super familiar with these but me and @ThePhleo have talked about these print codes combined with date codes on the box, manual, and cart mean there are exponential numbers of variants for games that have all of them. There could be dozens or hundreds of Ninja Gaiden variants to collect! It never has to end! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 9 hours ago, OptOut said: Pennie isn't even a unit of UK currency. It's pounds and PENCE. Penny/pennies is a nickname even where the word is more similar to the actual unit. The brown worthless ones are pennies, no matter where you're from... I got a bunch of Taiwanese pennies right here! @Code Monkey I suppose you got a problem with dimes, nickles and quarters too! Not UK, Pennies are British so you have them in Britain and here in Canada. What you have in the USA specifically are Cents. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 5 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Not UK, Pennies are British so you have them in Britain and here in Canada. What you have in the USA specifically are Cents. @OptOut isn't from the States, or living there, so I'm quite confused what you mean when you quote him and say "What you have in the USA specifically are Cents". I can't confidentiality speak for him, but if OptOut does have such financial ties to the States, I'd reckon he's got much grander sums of cash there than cents. I'm also quite confused by your post because cent is the unit. Are you referring to one-cent coins specifically, or are you also including five-cent coins, etc in the mix. Please do enlighten me so that I don't lose sleep here. I find clarity when writing to be very important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Code Monkey said: Not UK, Pennies are British Oh I would LOVE to hear what you mean by THAT... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,185 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 :V why are we taking this so serious when there’s a perfectly good topic that’s being ignored. Semantics are boring in an environment where precise language isn’t needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,729 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, ThePhleo said: :V why are we taking this so serious when there’s a perfectly good topic that’s being ignored. Semantics are boring in an environment where precise language isn’t needed. I think you're preaching to the choir on this one. I think we'd better ask @Code Monkey for a better explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 2 hours ago, fcgamer said: @OptOut isn't from the States, or living there, so I'm quite confused what you mean when you quote him and say "What you have in the USA specifically are Cents". I can't confidentiality speak for him, but if OptOut does have such financial ties to the States, I'd reckon he's got much grander sums of cash there than cents. I'm also quite confused by your post because cent is the unit. Are you referring to one-cent coins specifically, or are you also including five-cent coins, etc in the mix. Please do enlighten me so that I don't lose sleep here. I find clarity when writing to be very important. I quoted OptOut for the first part of the reply but the comment about you have Cents was for the original author, not OptOut. The Cent refers specifically to the USA single Cent. The 5-Cent coin isn't actually a 5 Cent, it simply represents 5 Cents as far as I know. Same as our Penny, the name conversion is Cent. I didn't mean to go on this much about it, I just thought the person that mentioned the Penny would want to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 1 hour ago, OptOut said: Oh I would LOVE to hear what you mean by THAT... Ha, you're right, I didn't realize until now the link between Britain and the United Kingdom! Also the Penny and the Pence, very interesting. Man, I love learning things like this, maybe I'm the only person that really enjoys being corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,889 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 13 minutes ago, Code Monkey said: I didn't mean to go on this much about it, I just thought the person that mentioned the Penny would want to know. Lol, @Hybrid is a pretty enthusiastic coin collector dude... I'm pretty sure he knows that a penny is in fact a one cent coin. In fact, regardless of being a coin collector, I'm pretty sure ANYONE with an IQ over 50 is aware of the fact that the USA uses cents and dollars, and that the word penny is a NICKNAME for the one cent piece. So... how about nickles and dimes then? You got a problem with that nomenclature too? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Code Monkey | 2,011 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, OptOut said: Lol, @Hybrid is a pretty enthusiastic coin collector dude... I'm pretty sure he knows that a penny is in fact a one cent coin. In fact, regardless of being a coin collector, I'm pretty sure ANYONE with an IQ over 50 is aware of the fact that the USA uses cents and dollars, and that the word penny is a NICKNAME for the one cent piece. So... how about nickles and dimes then? You got a problem with that nomenclature too? Well the nickle used to be made of nickle so that's not so bad and a quarter is one quarter of a dollar..........actually I'll just let the posts go back about the box code. I really think it's just the placement of the box within the master sheet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,806 Events Team · Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Wtf? We're still on about this penny thing? Knock it off, Code. You don't need to go around correcting the internets. Plus you're wrong irregardless. Take a clue from the authority on the subject: The U.S. Mint. "The penny, nickel, dime, and quarter are the circulating coins that we use today." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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