I was rummaging around in a drawer and found three pennies
wrapped in a scrap piece of paper.
Being inquisitive I took a closer look.
Indeed, they were "special Pennies." That is to say they were from 1967. Now I know what you're thinking. Actually, that isn't true. I have no idea what you're thinking. Probably some of you are wondering about the
value of the coins. Some of you are sure
that the coins are worthless. And some
of you are laughing because you know where this blog is going.
All across this sometimes snowy nation (and I suppose other
nations as well) you can find these supposedly special coins tucked away in
drawers, boxes, coffee cans and wherever else they can be put. We collect, or perhaps horde is a better
word, these coins because someone told us once that they were valuable, or
would be valuable. Maybe we came to that
conclusion by ourselves. However it came
about, whenever we find these coins in our change it is like we won the mini
lottery, and these coins get rescued from our pockets and change purses to live
amongst their own kind.
In Canada ,
the mint has capitalized on our tendency to amass these special coins and
releases them with annoying frequency. I
guess there are tin cans, and jars all over the country calling themselves home
to these new collections.
For some of you collecting as a hobby is nothing new. For those that thought they were not taking
part in a hobby, guess what? You are
taking part in a hobby, you just didn't know it.
I should point out to my fellow Canadians that there is one more
wrinkle to this inadvertent collecting that we all participate in. While you're looking for those special pennies,
you will probably come across your collection of Canadian Tire money.
My godfather brought for me some coins from Germany from the 1700's period. But of course, these are new, like the Canadian coins you are talking about.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a lot of different coins, just these German coins, Canadian now, old Brazilian coins, and Panamanian coins which are called "Balboa"
cool, huh? And I always remember Rocky Balboa.
I have gotten a lot of coins from students, and I always find that kind of nice. I have only had one Panamanian student, and he used US dollars, so no coins. A Balboa coin would have been nice though.
ReplyDeleteI would give a Balboa to you if I'd know you have a collection
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