Jan 28 2008
55,000 Pennies - Now That’s A Lot of Clad!
I got a kick out of an article I read this morning about a nurse, Vicki Armstrong, from Shreveport, LA who is planning to FINALLY cash in her collection of pennies - All 55,000 of them!
Apparently Vicki has been saving her pennies for almost 19 years! And while she’s definitely no treasure hunter, I couldn’t help but be impressed by her appreciation for the value of a penny. How many times have you been out there, swingin’ the coil, and you find perfectly good pennies sitting right on top of the ground, thrown away and completely ignored as real currency?
Well Vicki might not have a metal detector, but she has certainly bent down and picked up every penny she’s seen in the last 19 years. She “knows the $55.00 won’t make her rich, but says the symbolism reinforced frugal spending habits and helped be a little bit more conservative in her lifestyle.”
If you’re wondering where she kept all those pennies - apparently she stored them anywhere she could! Vases, bowls, even shoeboxes were fair game! I wonder what this woman could do if she had a metal detector!
Remember folks - A penny saved is a penny earned. And if people laugh at you for stoppin’ to pick one up, just laugh right back… on your way to the bank!
Check out the original article at The Baltimore Sun.
