Now when I close, I bring along some dimes, nickels and quarters, and I buy the wheat pennies. The other day I walked away with about 20. I got home and stared at them, holding them up to the light to see what years they were from. Who held this penny? How far has it traveled? Among quite a few 1950's wheat pennies, I also discovered a 1912 penny, a 1913 penny, some from 1920, 1926, 1934. The history of the penny, the things that were happening in the world at the time, the children buying gumballs, my father--all of these things collide and assemble themselves into small coins in my hand.
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