Ira Keys first started saving pennies while he was in high school in the 1950s. At 17 years old, his father told him that whatever he did, he should save his money. No one could have ever suspected how seriously Ira Keys took that advice, and since the 1950s, he has been saving his pennies. That is more than 65 years of saving money. Over the years, Ira placed his pennies in Folger's coffee cans, and he had accumulated a fair amount of them. It was not until 2015 that Ira decided it was time to cash in all his loose change. Over time, the pennies had built up an impressive weight of around 500 pounds, and he put each coffee can in his car and carted them off to the bank. This mindset took all the banker back. Kari Lewis, a personal banker, said that most people take pennies for granted. While it is true that pennies back in the day were worth more, this story shows that you should not discredit them. …show more content…
For Ira, however, every penny that he ever found made its way into his coffee cans. In fact, it is quite impressive to collect that amount of pennies. After taking his pennies to the bank, the bank tellers told him that he had more than 81,600 pennies. That equates to around $816 in total. That's not too bad considering all of it was in pennies. Almost no one would snub their noses up at