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    Bank places 100 lucky pennies worth $1000.00 each across the US

    Bank places 100 'lucky pennies' across US worth $1,000 each - SFGate


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    I would probably throw that in with the tokens ... and forget about it !

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    For me, they'd go into my penny slots fund for the next time I visit a casino.

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    Oh well. Nothing in the Phoenix area. I always pick up coins. Especially outside convenience stores. Guess it's the scrounge in me. We have banks at home for the grand kids. I find a couple bucks worth of change in nearly every drier I scrap. There has to be at least a hundred in change in each of their three banks so far. One coin I ran across on the ground recently was glued or stuck to the concrete. I could not move it so I hung around and watched a while. I lost count after at least 20 other people tried unsuccessfully to grab the coin. More women tried than men. Some tried breaking it loose with their foot.

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    I pickup coins constantly. it's a hobby my wife finally got used to. I am in a bad mod if I can't find a penny on the ground on the way into a store or while pumping gas.

    last week took my daughter to a college to visit. I get out of the car and walk across campus, get to the curb and kick through a pile of leaves. see a little silk piece of fabric. I just kick it but it felt heavy. picked it up and it had a zipper. pulled out a very worn looking bill in the photo. I assume it was a pocket that tore out of a jacket or something. no telling how many people stepped on it over the past weeks and months but didn't bother....I love finding money!!
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    So is this what the bank bailout money was all about ? 100k for advertising in this form will probably do well compared to advertising on tv/ radio . Clever idea
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    And few will find them or even redeem them!

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    As of Nov 10th pennies found

    #AllyLuckyPenny redeemed penny count:
    Charlotte: 6
    DC: 6
    LA: 6
    Detroit: 5
    Austin: 4
    Chicago: 3
    Denver: 3
    Miami: 3
    NYC: 3
    San Diego: 3

    Total 42 so far


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