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Ode to a Penny

2/5/2013

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It was a cold and snowy February morning, as the two sombre young men went out to the woods carrying a large wooden chest. Little Nami, who was curious and wanted to see what they were going to do, followed behind. When they came to the clearing, Kyle and Maya dug a large hole. They opened the chest to take one last look at what lay inside - the very last of the large copper coins they had been saving for some future dream. Nami picked up one of the coins and held it close. It was hard to believe the big shiny coin was now worthless. 
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Kyle touched her shoulder, "It's time to put it back now", but she just held on to it all the tighter. No more saving up for future dreams - they were now officially penniless.
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Yesterday the Royal Canadian Mint officially took the penny out of circulation. 
They stopped making them some time ago, but as of today they are no longer 
legal tender - unless presented to a bank in a roll of fifty. So, better go roll 
up all those saved pennies and cash them in before it's too late!!

Anyway, I just thought it might be fun to mark this historic occasion with a doll photo.
 Now all of us Canadians are officially penniless.
7 Comments
marianne
2/5/2013 02:02:49 am

a little sad

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Martha
2/5/2013 02:11:13 am

That's why I thought a little "funeral" would be appropriate.

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Lorraine
2/5/2013 02:03:22 am

I wonder how many of those pennies will end up in circulation in the US? They've been accepted at par in stores, restaurants, etc. in the northern tier of states for as long as I can remember. No one even looks, when they get pennies in change, whether they are US or Canadian. I predict the US penny will quickly follow suit.

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Martha
2/5/2013 02:15:34 am

I don't know. Our paper says the US will continue with their penny. The US didn't follow suit when we got rid of our dollar bill either, or when we started making our big bills out of plastic. And now we are looking at possible $5 coins as well. It makes sense though. Every time the Mint made a penny, they lost money.

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marianne
2/5/2013 03:48:52 am

it'd be nice if they'd use the maple leaf on some other coin then

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Margo link
2/5/2013 11:34:28 am

A perfect photo story! My sentiments exactly, all those future dreams-now penniless. Sigh....the end of an era.

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Marcia J.
2/23/2014 05:13:11 am

Oh, this was so sad! I'm not a Canadian but this is so sad. I actually almost cried. The way you phrased this post made me sad!

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