Today is Lost Penny Day! Check out this info on the history of Lost Penny Day (and also some history on pennies!):
On one special day each year we can take the time to gather up those ever-wandering coins and finally do something more useful with them that we usually do by donating them to a charity of our choice. Lost Penny Day is the perfect day to take a moment to recognize that despite the fact that pennies may not seem like they are worth much, they can still be found and used to help those in need to whom each and every penny counts and adds up. History of Lost Penny Day The first penny ever was designed by Benjamin Franklin and minted in 1787. The penny we’re familiar with today, however, adorned with the bust of late American president Abraham Lincoln, was first minted in 1909 and released on February 12th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. The founder of Lost Penny Day, Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith, wrote a log post about her idea, explaining that what she was trying to demonstrate was: “Petty change can make an astounding difference”, which is a positive message indeed, and one we can suspect Honest Abe himself would have supported. In fact, one of Lincoln’s most well-known quotes was, “I walk slowly, but I never walk backward”. How to celebrate Lost Penny Day Lost Penny Day is the perfect time to go through your home—your sofa, the pockets of old coats you haven’t worn in ages, and every other nook and cranny you can think of — in order to find as many pennies (or loose change altogether) as possible. You could even turn the search into a competition between you and your family members to see who can find the most coins laying about the home collecting dust. Once you’ve turned your home upside-down, it will be time to count up all of the change you and your children have found, and see who won. The fun doesn’t there, though. The next step is to decide what to do with the money you’ve found! You could search for a charity that could use the money, and then write a check out to that charity for the amount you found—even if it is only a few dollars, just a few dollars can buy a lot of hot bowls of soup for the homeless, or dog or cat food for the animals at the local animal shelter. If you;d like to read more about the history of money, check out the book below!
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