Check your pennies; there could be one hiding in your wallet that’s worth a lot more than one cent. Thanks to numerous reports that the penny is worthless, might be taken out of circulation and cost more to make then they’re worth pennies are lying discarded in coin jars and on sidewalks. But you might want to take a second look the next time you come across one. In order to boost the penny’s reputation Detroit based Ally Bank is placing one hundred fake pennies across the country worth one thousand dollars each. The lucky penny carries the same copper color as the real thing but features the bank’s logo instead of Abraham Lincoln’s head. The bank says the promotion is also designed to remind Americans that every penny counts and to encourage people to save. The pennies have been placed around the cities of New York, LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Miami, Denver, Detroit, San Diego, Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas. If you find one you can go online to redeem your prize. See a penny pick it up, and maybe buy your own luck.A Lucky Penny
Check your pennies; there could be one hiding in your wallet that’s worth a lot more than one cent. Thanks to numerous reports that the penny is worthless, might be taken out of circulation and cost more to make then they’re worth pennies are lying discarded in coin jars and on sidewalks. But you might want to take a second look the next time you come across one. In order to boost the penny’s reputation Detroit based Ally Bank is placing one hundred fake pennies across the country worth one thousand dollars each. The lucky penny carries the same copper color as the real thing but features the bank’s logo instead of Abraham Lincoln’s head. The bank says the promotion is also designed to remind Americans that every penny counts and to encourage people to save. The pennies have been placed around the cities of New York, LA, Chicago, Washington DC, Miami, Denver, Detroit, San Diego, Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas. If you find one you can go online to redeem your prize. See a penny pick it up, and maybe buy your own luck.