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    A girl named penny and her family have just moved back in town Penny noticed a red car at Mrs.Ruthie’s house and saw Caleb Devlin in the car. Before she could tell her mother, her mother was on the phone talking about it to the other parents that live across the street. Caleb Devlin terrorized the entire town before he went to boy school. Damages of many things happened before he had left,but while he was gone it no longer happened. Everything that Penny had saw and heard that day she told to the

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    Value Of Pennies

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    look at it like a pile of metal. Just because something is unattractive doesn’t mean you should judge because it has value, history, and purpose. One reason why is the value. An example can be pennies. Some pennies can be worth plenty over a certain period of time. Most people look at the pennies as worthless coins and just throw them away. Or maybe an ugly painting, but they are being sold for thousands maybe even millions. Also, the next reason is the history. The bus Rosa Parks were

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    Abolition Of Pennies

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    The U.S have been producing pennies for over a 200 years now and over time it has become very useless to the society. A penny is only one cent and to most people that is worthless. Pennies were more valued around the 1950s, when the products were very cheap to buy. As technology evolved, and as products got more expensive, the use of dollar bills and greater got more valuable. The abolition of the penny needs to happen in the United States. Because pennies are outdated, therefore the United States

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    The Price Of The Penny

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    The Penny is essentially a vital part of our money system. There has been many speculation about whether or not the United States should abolish the penny from being minted any longer. Although the penny has been a part of the American culture since 1787, it has such a small value, it will always be a part of American history. So as the years go on we should realize that the penny is everything to the United States. The penny should not be eliminated from the money system due to the fact that it

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    Canadian Penny

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    treasured regardless of its worth. This is true of the Canadian penny. I think the Canadian government should eliminate the penny from circulation. The penny is not valuable to many Canadians anymore and we could make better use of the financial gains if we stopped making and using the penny. People do not care if the penny is removed from our currency because they feel that the penny serves no purpose. Canadians do not even use pennies. They often store them in a bowl on their dressers or by the

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    Usefulness Of Pennies

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    The common penny has outlived its usefulness. It cost more money to mint pennies than they are actually worth. In modern society making a penny cost 1.7 cents then the actual prices. With a single penny you can’t buy anything. People still find the need to mint more and more pennies every year, costing taxpayers and the government millions of dollars. According to ‘Citizens to Retire the U.S. Penny,’ in the year 2014, there were nearly 8 billion pennies minted, costing the United States almost $132

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    A Penny Green

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    Introduction During this project, the group will be attempting to turn a penny green. Needed in this experiment will be pennies dated before 1982 because that was when pennies were made of copper. During this experiment, the group will be mixing together different chemical reactions in order to get the penny to turn green. The group is trying to create a patina coating on the penny. Patina is referring to the blue-green layer of corrosion that expands on the surface of copper when it is exposed to

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    Pennies Dbq

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    United States currency system. Although the possible elimination of pennies may mean more to some than others, it does not mean that pennies should be fully removed from the United States currency system. It just does not seem reasonable to remove a coin that is used by many American civilians each and every day. For starters, pennies can be used for many good causes and to help many different people. At Washington Middle School, a penny drive was held to donate to charity and as a result, $3000 was

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    The Price Of The Penny

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    How often do you use a penny? Getting rid of the penny has been a big debate going on in the U.S. right now. “The first penny was struck in 1787 by a private mint, and was the first currency authorised by the U.S.(3).” People have many views on this penny but, financially, the penny has become a poor investment and needs to get eliminated. To add, having the penny in our currency wastes your time. With all of the new technology, the penny becomes useless and people do not need to waste their

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    Abolish Penny

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    have been using the penny every day for over 200 years, so how could Americans just abolish it now? The penny has been an important part of our history in the United States. It still shows the face of Abraham Lincoln, a very important president, and civil rights activist who wrote the Gettysburg Address, and abolished slavery. Abolishing the penny would lead to economic problems, and harm several charities in the United States. If 68% of American adults favor keeping the penny, then why abolish it

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