Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Need a Penny?

Steve is an eccentric billionaire who travels across the country visiting convenience stores and chatting with cashiers, routinely starting the conversations over the 'need a penny' receptacle placed on the counter near the cash registers.

At one 7-Eleven store, he encounters a World War II veteran and they talk for several minutes about history while Steve sorts through the change in the 'need a penny' cup.

The discovery of a 1913 Cent prompts further investigation of the cash drawer. This search reveals a Walking Liberty Half Dollar and a worn Mercury Dime stamped onto a copper Penny blank.

The veteran is rewarded with a check in the amount of ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.