Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Man Who Collected One-Milion Pennies Can't Cash Them In
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 the Currency, coin collectors nor the local bank is interested in cashing in his stash - at least not without a charge
(from MSNBC).

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