Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Take on the souvenir penny machines

In 37 years of life, I still have yet to see the appeal to those penny
souvenir medals at the gas stations along the turnpike. I get that
kids may like them as souvenirs for trips to Disney World or maybe
from the boardwalk but to get one at the Woodrow Wilson service
station seems a bit odd

But my bigger question is how is this legal?? I thought that you were
not legally able to destroy American currency? Isn't this the reason
that people are always hoarding wheat pennies as they are banking on
the US government to eliminate pennies this allowing people to smelt
them down for the copper content?

Somehow these guys making the penny souvenirs are getting around
it...and charging $0.50 in the process

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