A million 'pennies', no takers

A million pennies saved, nothing earned
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Posted: 5:11 PM EDT (2111 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A California man who collected 1
million pennies for a bet is having a hard time cashing in on his
$10,000 fortune.

Ron England has amassed 3.6 tons of copper in his garage in the Los
Angeles suburb of Granada Hills after making a bet with his brother 30
years ago that he could collect 1 million pennies.

But neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin
collectors nor the local bank is interested in cashing in his stash --
at least without a charge.

"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of
these pennies," England, 60, told the Los Angeles Daily News. "It's
kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."

What's worse. England is still waiting for his brother to honor his
side of the bet -- a meal in Paris.

"I don't remember making the wager. Am I still good for it? I'm not
going to answer that question," Russ England told the Daily News.

Tom Kindschi wrote:

A million pennies saved, nothing earned
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Posted: 5:11 PM EDT (2111 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A California man who collected 1
million pennies for a bet is having a hard time cashing in on his
$10,000 fortune.

Ron England has amassed 3.6 tons of copper in his garage in the Los
Angeles suburb of Granada Hills after making a bet with his brother 30
years ago that he could collect 1 million pennies.

But neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin
collectors nor the local bank is interested in cashing in his stash --
at least without a charge.

"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of
these pennies," England, 60, told the Los Angeles Daily News. "It's
kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."

What's worse. England is still waiting for his brother to honor his
side of the bet -- a meal in Paris.

"I don't remember making the wager. Am I still good for it? I'm not
going to answer that question," Russ England told the Daily News.

Awesome story!
Who'd a thunk that saving 10 grand would cause grief!

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Nick is a DICK!
Reid is a troglodyte!
"note.boy" is an IDIOT!

Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in the
vault.
Are they already in rolls or not?
You have to pay for someone to count them, move them around, roll them up,
bag them, etc.
That means someone has to pay someone.
Sounds like someone needs to take some to the supermarket change machine a
little at a time.
Humm . . . that might take 30 years to get rid of them too.
I guess he needs to spend the 5 to 10% they want to charge for it.

Another thought, maybe a museum or attraction might be interested in a
million penny display.
I wanna see the cube stack when they get doen stacking them all up, it
lought be be impressive.
Maybe the local Science Museum would like a new display donation.

"J. Craton" wrote in message
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Tom Kindschi wrote:

A million pennies saved, nothing earned
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Posted: 5:11 PM EDT (2111 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A California man who collected 1
million pennies for a bet is having a hard time cashing in on his
$10,000 fortune.

Ron England has amassed 3.6 tons of copper in his garage in the Los
Angeles suburb of Granada Hills after making a bet with his brother 30
years ago that he could collect 1 million pennies.

But neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin
collectors nor the local bank is interested in cashing in his stash --
at least without a charge.

"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of
these pennies," England, 60, told the Los Angeles Daily News. "It's
kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."

What's worse. England is still waiting for his brother to honor his
side of the bet -- a meal in Paris.

"I don't remember making the wager. Am I still good for it? I'm not
going to answer that question," Russ England told the Daily News.

Awesome story!
Who'd a thunk that saving 10 grand would cause grief!

--
Jason Craton ---- CONECA N-3407 --- WINS #5
---------------------------
Interested in error coins?
http://www.error-coins.com - A work in progress (lack of progress really).

Nick is a DICK!
Reid is a troglodyte!
"note.boy" is an IDIOT!

Thank god for casinosG and penny slots!!!

Earl Bollinger wrote:
Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in the
vault.

Cents are money. Why people put them away in jars is beyond me. I spend
them as they come. I almost never have more than four in my pocket at any
time, or anywhere else at home

Tony
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"Earl Bollinger" wrote in message
...
Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in
the
vault.
Are they already in rolls or not?
You have to pay for someone to count them, move them around, roll them up,
bag them, etc.
That means someone has to pay someone.
Sounds like someone needs to take some to the supermarket change machine a
little at a time.
Humm . . . that might take 30 years to get rid of them too.
I guess he needs to spend the 5 to 10% they want to charge for it.

Another thought, maybe a museum or attraction might be interested in a
million penny display.
I wanna see the cube stack when they get doen stacking them all up, it
lought be be impressive.
Maybe the local Science Museum would like a new display donation.

"J. Craton" wrote in message
...
Tom Kindschi wrote:

A million pennies saved, nothing earned
Wednesday, June 30, 2004 Posted: 5:11 PM EDT (2111 GMT)

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A California man who collected 1
million pennies for a bet is having a hard time cashing in on his
$10,000 fortune.

Ron England has amassed 3.6 tons of copper in his garage in the Los
Angeles suburb of Granada Hills after making a bet with his brother 30
years ago that he could collect 1 million pennies.

But neither the U.S. Mint, the U.S. Comptroller of Currency, coin
collectors nor the local bank is interested in cashing in his stash --
at least without a charge.

"I've been working seriously for the past two weeks to get rid of
these pennies," England, 60, told the Los Angeles Daily News. "It's
kind of frustrating. Nobody will take them without charging me."

What's worse. England is still waiting for his brother to honor his
side of the bet -- a meal in Paris.

"I don't remember making the wager. Am I still good for it? I'm not
going to answer that question," Russ England told the Daily News.

Awesome story!
Who'd a thunk that saving 10 grand would cause grief!

--
Jason Craton ---- CONECA N-3407 --- WINS #5
---------------------------
Interested in error coins?
http://www.error-coins.com - A work in progress (lack of progress
really).

Nick is a DICK!
Reid is a troglodyte!
"note.boy" is an IDIOT!

A.E. Gelat wrote:

Cents are money. Why people put them away in jars is beyond me. I spend
them as they come. I almost never have more than four in my pocket at any
time, or anywhere else at home

Tony

I bought a set of coin counting/rolling tubes, all my pocket change,
except state quarters go in the tubes, when the tube gets full I dump it
into a coin wrapper and wrap it. Around Christmas time I cash in all
the coins and use them for Christmas shopping. I put the state quarters
in a big wine jug. Every now and then and dump them all out and run my
fingers through them then put them back in the jug :-)

"Earl Bollinger" wrote in message ...
Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in the
vault.
Are they already in rolls or not?


According to the AP article the coins are in 20,000 rolls, are stacked
in his garage in about 30 boxes and weigh in at 3.6 tons.

Here is another example of a useless and worthless coin.

If the US mint were giving away pennies (cents) for free except for actual
shipping charges how mwny would you get?

Write to your 2 US Senators and Congressperson and TELL them.

Please!

Thank you.

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"Gene Haldas" wrote in message
om...
"Earl Bollinger" wrote in message
...
Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in the
vault.
Are they already in rolls or not?


According to the AP article the coins are in 20,000 rolls, are stacked
in his garage in about 30 boxes and weigh in at 3.6 tons.

Here is another example of a useless and worthless coin.

If the US mint were giving away pennies (cents) for free except for actual
shipping charges how mwny would you get?

"Gene Haldas" wrote in message
om...
"Earl Bollinger" wrote in message
...
Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in
the
vault.
Are they already in rolls or not?


According to the AP article the coins are in 20,000 rolls, are stacked
in his garage in about 30 boxes and weigh in at 3.6 tons.

Here is another example of a useless and worthless coin.

If the US mint were giving away pennies (cents) for free except for actual
shipping charges how mwny would you get?

The cent is not useless; it is money, so why save them? I use them
as they are given to me, and I never have more than four at any time,
whether in my pocket of at home.

Tony

Bummer, they must have recently changed in downtown (Fremont St) then.
We ahve lots of casinos in Albuquerque too but they only accept
billssigh. Grandpa

Mark wrote:
Just came back from Vegas a week ago. All the penny slots out there only took
bills. You could 'bet' a penny at a time with your 100 credits, but couldn't
actually put a penny in. The smallest denomination slot that accepted a coin
in was the nickel slots.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:31:08 -0600, Grandpa jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote:


Thank god for casinosG and penny slots!!!

Earl Bollinger wrote:

Well you know, somebody has the count them before they put them back in the
vault.