Grandpa got Matthew started collecting pennies while he was out here. He taught him all about wheat backs, and all sorts of other things. Matthew has been through every penny we can find ever since.
Oh, and Mike got sucked into it too. Today Matthew talked Mike into taking him to a bank to buy $6.00 worth of penny rolls from bank A...then he talked me into taking him to buy $6.00 from bank B and then he talked Mike into taking him to bank C to buy $11.00 worth of pennies. Keep in mind he is trading his quarters for them and not really loosing money just putting it into a different form. I must say that every bank teller takes a double take and asks...don't you mean trade your pennies for quarters???
Mike and Matthew have very specific rules..only one roll can be opened at a time...new in one pile..wheats in another... so you want to see our best penny so far?
Kismet right? We found this penny in one of our rolls today. I have never seen anything like it. I now know what to get grandpa Bob for the next holiday. It might take a little more time stamping every penny you have before spending it than putting a Montana sticker under a table but it would be pretty darn cool. Anyone know where I can get a MT metal stamp? Maybe this penny will make it home.
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I had a whole roll of wheat pennies and they were in the original bank wrapper. . . until a couple years ago when one of the boys found it and opened it! It was like in a file cabinet or somewhere they would never be, normally. I was soo mad!
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