New 2010 Lincoln penny design unveiled in Springfield
Amid schoolchildren clamoring for free pennies, alongside a drummer and bugler dressed in Civil War uniforms (Union, naturally), among government officials praising the Great Emancipator were people like Jeffery Boggs of Springfield.
For Boggs, the unveiling of the new Lincoln penny at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on Thursday wasn’t so much about Abraham as Benjamins.
“I’ve made about $200,000 in profit,” said Boggs, who last year traveled to Indiana, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., and Springfield’s Old State Capitol for ceremonies unveiling commemorative pennies. “I still have 50,000 rolls—boxes and boxes.”
The new penny features a union shield on the . . .
Full story at: The State Journal-Register
For Boggs, the unveiling of the new Lincoln penny at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on Thursday wasn’t so much about Abraham as Benjamins.
“I’ve made about $200,000 in profit,” said Boggs, who last year traveled to Indiana, Kentucky, Washington, D.C., and Springfield’s Old State Capitol for ceremonies unveiling commemorative pennies. “I still have 50,000 rolls—boxes and boxes.”
The new penny features a union shield on the . . .
Full story at: The State Journal-Register
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