Skipper/owner of a prawn trawler I worked on was quick to pick up even one and 2 cent coins.
One day/morning out at sea I stuck a 50 cent to the deck with 2 pack epoxy, near the bottom on the stairs to the wheel house so he would see it.
Sure enough he spots it as he was heading for the stairs, bends over to pick it up but no luck, gives it a couple of kicks with his boots but still no luck. He gives us a dirty look then heads over to the storeroom and brings out a crow bar, gives the coin a few hits with the crow bar but still will not dislodge, at that point he gives up and heads up the stairs mutter "you bastards"
Was so funny, some week later the coin dislodged it's self so I took it up to the wheel house and gave it to him. True to form he kept it.
