Coin dealer giving away 1 million pennies
MANDEVILLE, La., Feb. 13 (UPI) -- A Louisiana coin dealer wants to give away 1 million pennies during the 12 days between Lincoln's Birthday and the beginning of Mardi Gras.
Paul Hollis of Mandeville said just getting all the pennies has been hard work. He arranged for a shipment of 500,000 pennies from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia by armored car.
Hollis hoped to get the new Lincoln pennies that went into circulation for the first time Thursday. He had to settle for the last of the old coins with the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse side.
"Local bankers and the Federal Reserve Bank told me they don't expect delivery of the new pennies for weeks or even months later . . .
Full story at: Link
Paul Hollis of Mandeville said just getting all the pennies has been hard work. He arranged for a shipment of 500,000 pennies from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia by armored car.
Hollis hoped to get the new Lincoln pennies that went into circulation for the first time Thursday. He had to settle for the last of the old coins with the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse side.
"Local bankers and the Federal Reserve Bank told me they don't expect delivery of the new pennies for weeks or even months later . . .
Full story at: Link
posted by A.C. Dwyer at 5:11 PM
Subscribe to
Posts [Atom]
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home