I have been going out of my comfort zone and connecting with new people and learning new things.

I reached out on Facebook to see if anyone had pennies to give me.  I told them I would pay face value or donate that amount.  There was about 15 different people in Timmins who contacted me and said they had pennies.  After driving around and collecting them, I took the effort to count them.  I collected another $176  in pennies for a grand total of 29,333 pennies collected since the publication of the book!

I usually do a sort of pennies as follows:

-Shiny, clean pennies

-Dark, dull pennies

-older pennies – 1964 and older (higher copper content)

-1967 pennies (with the bird)

-American pennies (also sort wheat pennies separately)

-dirty pennies

-coloured pennies – there are some with the beautiful patina on copper teal, some red, and even some yellow looking pennies

The rest of the pennies go in larger containers where I can use for different art projects

With all this sorting, it sparked my interest in Coin Collecting.  I joined a few groups  on Facebook and have went to the bank to hunt for rolls.  Sometimes I find treasures and sometimes not.  The banks will no longer give pennies but they will take them (unless you are friends with a banker)  I have also purchased some collections on Marketplace and purchased directly through the Royal Canadian Mint.  As if I don’t have enough on my plate, but  I enjoy this alot.

When going to the bank, I’ve met a few people and am now Facebook friends with one of the tellers!

I also looked at some of the art that can be done with my pennies that are different than full wall murals.  Can’t wait to try some, especially the turtle with a teal shell – beauty.  They will be for sale on my website and Facebook page.

One of our Principals reached out to me to have a munch and lunch with the kids at the school – Schumacher PS.  That school is 2 blocks away from my house.  I’m very excited and I think they’ll have a good time too!  I’ll post more about that too.

My brain doesn’t stop!  I have a boardgame idea as well as a card game.  I need to put my book 2 on paper.  It has been brewing in my head and starting to get too busy.

And I am learning to add posts to my website and will try to blog  at least monthly.  I am adding stuff to social media but the time passes by so quickly.

Until next time – I need to find a coin related word that means SEE YA LATER!