"paghat" wrote in message
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c (TOM KAN PA) wrote:
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Take 'em to a bank? Doesn't work, at least in the Pittsburgh, PA area.

I have around $100 worth, rolled and wrapped. A few years ago there was a
penny shortage. One local bank offered a $5 gift certificate at a local
restaurant for $50 worth of pennies. Being a DA, I didn't turn mine in. Now
I wish I had.

So, any suggestions Leave multiple rolls as tips in restaurants. Make sure
it's a full 20% tip to make up for it being in pennies, but tidily rolled
won't annoy 'em.



You could also glue them all over a motorcycle helmet & wear them as a fancy
headdress at mardi gra, or at your local square-dance club.



Or make home-made garden concrete stepping stones & "tile" the whole surface
of the stepping stones with pennies.



Last but not least, invite over all the littlest cousins & nieces & nephews,
unwrap the pennies, toss them all over the carport, & have a contest to see
which kid can pick up the most pennies. Each kid gets to keep the pennies
they gather, but whoever has the most also wins the penny-laminated
motorcycle helmet you made.



-paghat the ratgirl

--

"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.

"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.

-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"

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yer a twisted woman, Paggers.........but I like
it........................and what the hell???? Are you saying Tom that
pennies aren't acceptable as money in Pennsylvania?????? Of course, just
TRY to get coin wrappers at a bank now.......oh hell no. I had to go to
WALLY WORLD to BUY them because my bank didn't give them out any
more.....geeze!!!! (we have an old fashioned water bottle that is 1/4 fulla
pennies, so I know it's gonna be a pain in the ass when it's time to roll
them..............

madgardener