Today, I learned the value of a penny. Many people will not even take the time to pick up a penny if they see an abandoned one on the street. I usually will, but I will admit, I don't always. There are even some groups of people who say the penny has become obsolete, and should stop being produced. Yet today, when we were buying dinner, we needed 30 cents. 20, 25, 29 almost there, but we were one penny short. One penny. So for all the times I pass a penny by without even giving it a second glance, hear the stories about how the penny is obsolete, I will remember the time I was one penny short for dinner. Long live the penny.
Author's side note: If you ever see a 1943 penny, you may be rich. That year, for war conservations efforts, they minted the pennies in steel. When people see these "silver" pennies, they think these would be the ones worth money. No, the original 1943 copper penny is the one worth money, over $100,000 dollars to be exact. Even though there were only a handful of these ever made, quite literally, the next time you see a penny on the ground, just think, it may be worth 100 grand.
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i'm in the crowd of "the penny is obsolete". but this is a good story.
what did the cashier do?
is generosity, compassion, grace, forgiveness, and giving obsolete too?
or did she step up and feed the hungry even if "they couldn't pay"?
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