Saturday, February 18, 2023

One Less COIN to Pick Up, One More Heavy Sigh

I hope this isn't a trend! One less coin this week for Val's Future Pennyillionaire Fortune. But still, a good enough week. Can't keep up the numbers and the silver week after week.

SATURDAY, February 11, a penny caught my eye walking into Country Mart.


Perhaps you'll appreciate my eagle-eye a bit more now. The penny is past the end of that crinkly crack in the sidewalk. You might have to zoom in.


The closeup turned out much better. It was a heads-up 1978 penny, basking in the late-afternoon sun.
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SUNDAY, February 12, a penny was waiting for me at the Backroads Casey's.


This one is doing a pretty good camouflage job as well.


This was a face-down 2007 penny, chillin' by the drinks cooler.
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Imagine my surprise on TUESDAY, February 14, when walking across the casino floor and seeing this in my path:


Heh, heh! How fitting is it that the name of this place is CENTury Casino? I still wonder how these pennies appear so far from the cashier and the money-changing machines. Surely anybody would have tucked away their money before strolling across a vast expanse of slot machines and possible pick-pockets!


The closeup didn't turn out so well, but it's a face-down 2014 penny. Found on the 14th!
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THURSDAY, February 16, I spied another sneaky cent lounging on the parking lot of the School-Turn Casey's.


Good luck spotting this one yourself, amateurs! It's midline in the photo, near the bottom, almost midway between the first two center grease spots. But a bit below them, and closer to the spot on the right.


I kept this poor penny waiting way too long! I'm guessing that it's face-down. And even after a good soak in vinegar and a scrub with a green flat not-sponge thingy, the closest I came to finding a number on it was a 7. I'm calling it a 2017 penny, since it shined up pretty good, and there looked to be a shield on the back side, which was the style during that time period.
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That's 4 COINS this week, for 4 CENTS towards Val's Future Pennyillionaire Fortune!
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2023 RUNNING TOTAL

Penny           # 22, 23, 24, 25.
Dime             still at 3
Nickel           still at 1
Quarter        still at 0

2022 FINAL TOTALS

Penny           124
Dime              21
Nickel              7
Quarter             9

2021 FINAL TOTALS

Penny        124
Dime           14
Nickel           7
Quarter         6
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6 comments:

  1. You are going to come away with a silver dollar oneof these days, and then i will hear you hooting and hollering all the way in St. Louis.

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    1. Or you might just hear me hollering at Hick!

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  2. That poor final penny has had a hard life. I bet he's glad to be resting now in your penny goblet.

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    1. He's had a bath and a scrub, too, so he's off the streets and livin' the high life!

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  3. Maybe some lady was digging in her purse for something and the penney fell?

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    1. Or maybe somebody pulled a player's car out of their pocket, and a penny got caught in their grip.

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