When the kids were young we instituted the “Penny Patrol” one summer. All of the coins we found on the ground went in a jar, and then at the end of summer we bought ice cream. We probably collected a whopping 79 cents, enough to pay the tax on the outing.
So while purchasing groceries yesterday, the announcement about a national coin shortage came over the speaker system. All shoppers were asked to use a credit card. That’s when I thought, “I should probably reinstitute Penny Patrol for the nation!” Seriously – we live in a city with one U.S. Mint and we are short on coins? It seems absurd. However, I could start collecting coins for our country – that is something I could do.
Ironically, last summer we sold my father’s coin collection. Who knew we should have held on for another year?
Imagine for the next week, everyone in the nation found coins on the ground, picked them up and spent them. It would be like mana from heaven and replenished our nations coin shortage in a week.
Wondering how we have a coin shortage in the first place. Most all purchases were online…..no coins needed…..we’ve been all locked up for months …….no coins needed……So when the TP rage was going on for a few months, did all the transactions end with .01….02 where 98 cents was returned????
Seriously…..it boggles my mind