{"id":12787,"date":"2017-02-19T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=12787"},"modified":"2017-02-18T18:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T22:45:03","slug":"a-thought-for-my-pennies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/?p=12787","title":{"rendered":"A Thought for My Pennies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I took some change out of my pocket and put it on my desk. Later, when I went to pick it up again, I noticed that one of the pennies was smaller than the others. That couldn&#8217;t be right. So I took a closer look and found that it was actually a Bahamian coin.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12788\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7681-3.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12788\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-12788 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7681-3-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7681-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7681-3-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7681-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7681-3.jpg 1103w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isn&#8217;t this sand dollar design pretty?<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7694-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12789\" src=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7694-4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7694-4-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7694-4-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7694-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bluefootedmusings.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/IMG_7694-4.jpg 1090w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>When I get foreign coins as change, I always keep them. Partly it&#8217;s because they&#8217;re not legal tender in the United States, and I&#8217;m kind of a stickler for rules, but mostly it&#8217;s because I think they&#8217;re interesting. I also think it&#8217;s interesting how often I get foreign coins as change. I can&#8217;t help but wonder how many Americans passed this coin along before it came to me. You can&#8217;t tell from my pictures, but this coin is super shiny. It&#8217;s a real eye-grabber. You&#8217;d think people would notice that it wasn&#8217;t a penny and keep it. But maybe I&#8217;m the only one who finds foreign currency so fascinating?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I took some change out of my pocket and put it on my desk. Later, when I went to pick it up again, I noticed that one of the pennies was smaller than the others. 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