Posted on 01/19/2015 8:14:45 PM PST by Citizen Zed
Save every penny you encounter over more than 60 years, and you could end up with 500 pounds' worth. But that lifetime of saving may be worth more in bragging rights than in financial gain.
A Texas man has deposited his 81,600-penny collection, wowing bankers and earning him a spot in the news—though the coins themselves were worth just $816. Ira Keys, 81, of Slaton says he started saving in 1952 on his father's advice, KCBD reports. "He says, 'Whatever you do, son, save your money,'" Keys says. "I didn't have a lot of money, so I saved pennies and I just kept saving them."
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By the time you’re a millionaire, chances are you are picking up a cent without having to pay the .4 cents taxes on it. Every ten pennies is like making 14 cents because it is tax free.
I have 25,00 nickels.
25,000
Send them to me.
Give me a little time huh. I'm working on it.
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