the passage of time is a terrifying thing, really.

[lagilman]

Going through my change bowl, found a 1945 penny.

Pausing just to think about how many hands this coin has passed through, and what it's 'seen'....




(also a few from the 1950's, but 1945 stopped me cold)

Comments

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

I guess that they no longer made the steel pennies in '45?

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Save it! It's made of real copper!

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

1943 only, except for a few examples of unreleased mint oddities alleged to exist from 1944.

[lagilman]

I save all wheat pennies. The rest get rebanked.