Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Putting a Penny on John Wilkes Booth's Grave

https://youtube.com/shorts/3oFq6cqZJ3w?feature=share

Forty years ago I was complaining about how little one-cent coins were worth, comparing them to pocket lint, and wanting the country to get rid of them.   

Around 1968, my sister and I both bought two Hershey Kisses for a penny.  Today a package of 112 Hershey Kisses costs $7.44.  That's slightly less than inflation, but not sure what they would cost in small quantities. 

The American 1-cent coin is not technically a penny, except through popular usage.  We should just rename it to a penny. 

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