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Penny Found
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The Lincoln Penny was first issued in 1909 to commemorate Abraham Lincoln's 100th birthday. It was the first American coin to bear a president's image on its face. Lincoln is facing to the right because that was the direction he was facing in the photograph Victor David Brenner used to make his bas-relief for the penny.


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Penny Found…


 


Found is a penny, my luck is changing,


Heads up is the penny, better luck than many,


One cent not too much, better than never finding any,


Not so much the money, more so the luck of the finding,


Some pennies old, some are more new, their shine still blinding…


 


Keep your eyes open, pennies are so lucky, isn’t that just ducky?


Found pennies have I in the dirt, the city, and even where it’s mucky,


Put them away for a rainy day, to trade in for something in Kentucky…


 


Having money seems to permanently elude me,


But pennies are easier to collect; they don’t preclude me,


So small they may be, when added up they make more,


Should we collect them and trade them in when we go on a spree?


Well let me think about this and then we will see…


 


                                © ed – 7/28/04


 


 


 


 


 


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 Reviews of "Penny Found"
Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on July 29, 2004
Hurray! oooooo... this is not only fun to read, it's upbeat, optimistic, positive... front to back, top to bottom! You should see me grinning, Ed. You and this poem are a treat! katy xox.

Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on July 29, 2004
Aw, thhey ain't nuttin' but dirty copper. Oh. They aren't
even that anymore.

Reviewed by ~Indigo~ Elga
Reviewed on July 29, 2004
Dear Ed,

Finding pennies is a whole
lot of fun, collecting them
is better still :)But somtimes
we may use them for something
we really need.

Warm hugs
Elga

Reviewed on July 29, 2004
This was cute Ed! loved it!

Reindeer

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on July 29, 2004
Did you know dreams are ten a penny?

So I save mine for rainy days!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Anna Marie Fritz (Reader)
Reviewed on July 29, 2004
Decisions, decisions, decisions...what a frustrating
life we lead. Heee heee....

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on July 29, 2004
It's amazing how much you can save just by saving your pennies. So many people throw them away.


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