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Students get detention for paying with pennies

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 2nd 2008 10:02AM

Some people collect pennies in jars, some use them to make art, and some people actually use them to pay for things. Unfortunately, using pennies to pay for lunch at Readington Middle School in New Jersey can get you in trouble. It seems that 29 ...
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The family that plays with pennies together...

by Sandy Maple, Posted Feb 21st 2008 8:30AM

Every few months, I empty out our piggy bank into one of those coin machine things at the grocery store. For a fee, the machine counts the coins and gives you a receipt for actual money. You can either cash it in or donate the money to charity. I ...
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Abraham Lincoln's new rear end

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Sep 26th 2007 11:31AM

In 1909, the United States Mint introduced a new design for the one cent coin to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our nation's greatest presidents. The front -- the obverse -- featured an image of Lincoln while the reverse ...
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Pennies: what's the point?

by Karen Walrond, Posted Feb 22nd 2006 12:32PM

I remember when I was a kid, feeling like I'd hit the jackpot when I found a bright, shiny copper penny.  Into my piggy bank it would go, knowing that I needed only 25 to get a quarter, and man, back in the early seventies, that bought a ...
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