EVERY PENNY COUNTS
Times like these where the economy is hurting more than A-Roid’s Hall of Fame ballot, every penny counts…literally. LA Times has a blog announcing the new look of the PENNY to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday anniversary.
The penny with Abe on it came out in 1909 to celebrate his 100th bday and now its time for his 200th. Interesting though, with the price of zinc and copper going up, each cent made actually cost 1.4 cents to make. Isn’t that kinda on the retarded side to spend more money than what it’ll be worth especially at a crucial time like this. Anyways, most people probably don’t give a damn about pennies loose in their pockets but maybe with these cool new looks (like how the nickel is), it’ll be fun to have. Ever wonder if banks clean money like in a washing machine. Maybe old pennies wouldn’t look so black.
Here are the new penny looks.
The first one is Lincoln’s old one-room log cabin house. The second one is Abe as a rail splitter. The third one is Abe showing up to work at the Illinois Legislature. And the last one is the US Capitol building without its dome.
Which one is your favorite?
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