Take a penny, leave a penny

Today was an unusual penny day. My sixteen year old son came home and handed me a penny and asked me if I had that one yet. As I looked at the shiny new Abraham Lincoln penny, I was in total shock! I asked him where he got it and he said it was in the "take a penny, leave a penny," cup sitting on the counter at 7-11 where he stopped to buy a drink earlier today. I was amazed because it was the third penny in the new series and I live in a small town where these new pennies don't just show up! When it first came out, I went on Ebay and paid $2.00 to get two of these uncirculated babies, and now one just shows up! WOW!

Earlier when I was waiting for two of my sons to get their haircut, I found the second penny in the new series just sitting on a display shelf next to some shampoo. This was the first time I had seen one of these pennies in Vernal. Soooooo...... two new pennies in one day, my aunt Joan must be looking down on me to let me know she is watching over me from heaven!

Maybe I should go on Ebay and sell this new penny for a ridiculous price of $2.00. Or.... maybe I will just put it in my wooden treasure box with the rest of my special pennies I have collected over the years and remember this special day!