MONDAY, July 23rd, was a really good day.
I spied TWO pennies in Waterside Mart.
The one closest to me was a 1982, face up.
The farther one was a 2013, face down. I got my pictures and picked up my treasures, while the two cashiers gave each other the side-eye. Not that I cared. I think they were even younger than Millennials. Don't know the value of a penny!
Next stop, Country Mart, where I parked in a space not often frequented by me, and got a penny in the middle of an unoccupied handicap spot.
Can you see it there? Just below the center of the picture, to the right of that yellow mark.
It was a 1973, face down.
On to Orb K, where I saw my fourth penny of the day!
I don't know how people can be so careless with their change!
This was a 1996, face up.
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TUESDAY, June 24th, also proved fruitful for coin-harvesting. A stop at Casey's provided me with a bashful penny peeping out from under a white sedan.
I had to work quickly for my photo, before some always-do-well blew the whistle on me for tampering with other people's autos. See it there, at the pointy part of T-Hoe's door shadow?
Even my phone got into the act, with its shadow trying to obscure this 1986 face-down cent.
My luck just didn't want to end. I went on to Orb K, since The Gas Station Chicken Store was out of Diet Coke. A motorcycle in front of me turned onto their lot, and proceeded to park in the space right next to my favorite one by the handicap walkway. Or so I thought. Because he made a little U-turn, and placed his hog right in the middle of my intended space, facing out. Well! I headed around back, to the space farthest away from the door.
When I came back with my magical elixir in the form of a Polar Pop, I saw that I was meant to park there that day. Because THIS was waiting for me.
If you think it's hard for YOU to see, imagine me there, squinting into the sunny blacktop at a smudge that I thought might be a penny.
Luck for me, it WAS! A corroded 1963, face down. Not all babies can be beautiful, you know.
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THURDAY, June 26th, brought my penny-luck back, after a CENTSless Wednesday when I cashed in my $1000 scratcher and lost money at the casino.
I made a revisit to Walmart for some Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheels and Hawaiian Rolls, and was rewarded for not even attempting to steal any soda this day.
I had just stowed my two hand-carried bags in T-Hoe's rear, and turned to head for the driver's seat. And there it was!
A shiny, face-up, 1997, obviously meant for me. Helen Keller could have seen this one. Good thing I did, because if not, and it was a snake draped across the forearms of a gal in cut-off jeans and a tank top strolling down main street...it woulda bit me!
But the good fortune was not over!
In Waterside Mart, a dime was clamoring for my attention. As you can see, the employees of Waterside Mart, though snide side-eyers, are conscientious shelf-stockers!
This 2000 face-down dime couldn't quite camouflage itself from my coin-seeking peepers.
You might think that was enough good luck for Val that day, but it was not!
In Orb K, ANOTHER dime lay in wait.
This one, a face-up 2001 version.
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FRIDAY, July 27th, my penny-CENTSes were tingling again. At The Gas Station Chicken Store, Diet Coke had been restored, and a bonus penny awaited.
The new young clerk didn't bat an eye when I held up her entrance back behind the counter so I could snap a picture. "Oh, it must be your lucky day," she said. She got THAT right! Because DIET COKE was flowing again!
I snatched up my newest gem, a face-down 2002, before that place got crowded.
Are you still with me? Don't make me get the defibrillator! Has anybody slipped into a coma? Should I break open a bag of glucose? I warned you! I'm not takin' the rap for any Rip Van Winkles.
I'm pretty sure I set a new record this week, for number of pennies in a week, and number of coins in a week. The monetary record still stands, though, because I remember finding a quarter, nickel, and penny all in one day.
8 PENNIES and 2 DIMES in one week! Future Pennyillionaire Val is back on track!
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For 2018: Pennies # 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71.
For 2018: Dimes # 11, 12.
For 2018: Nickels still at # 4.
Since 2017 (the beginning), this was Penny # 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149.
Since 2017 (the beginning), this is Dime # 17, 18.
Since 2017 (the beginning), this is still Nickel # 4.
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What a haul! And here I was all set to brag about thinking of you when I found a five cent piece yesterday. Of course I didn't have my camera with me and I still haven't figured out how to get photos from my phone to m computer so i don't take photos with it anymore.
ReplyDeleteStill, 5 cents is more than 1 cent! I have to email the pictures to myself, and save them on my New Delly.
DeleteI tried that and they zinged right back to my phone which has my email on it for some reason. I have to send them to my daughter and ask her to email them to my computer, so usually I don't bother.
DeleteOMG, we're--I mean you're--rich!!
ReplyDeleteWe should take this fortune and invest it in that trash company, like JoeH!
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