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unusual facts about pennies



Austin E. Lathrop

The Lathrop Building (516 Second Avenue, completed 1936) would be sold to Jim Whitaker and his wife for what has been publicly described at numerous civic meetings as being pennies on the dollar.

Crown City Studios

In 2012, in conjunction with Make Music Pasadena, Crown City Studios launched "Crown City Sessions", an ongoing live in-studio video series, which has featured, among others, The New Limb, Ozma, Robotanists, Torches, The Happy Hollows, The Lonely Wild, Mojo Stone, and The Well Pennies.

Encrinus

In Lower Saxony, they were called Sonnenräder ("sun wheels"), while in Thuringia and Hesse they were called Bonifatiuspfennige ("Saint Boniface's pennies").

Father Is a Prince

Carpet-sweeper manufacturer Mr. Bower (Grant Mitchell), runs his home like he runs his carpet-sweeper factory: pinching pennies, turning off lights, and interfering in every aspect of his loved ones' private lives.

Groschen

Names like Groschen, grossus/grossi, grosso, grossone, Grosz, gros, Groš, groat, Grote, Groten, Garas etc. were used in the Middle Ages for all thick silver coins, as opposed to thin silver coins such as deniers or pennies.

Harrison Fontenot

After forming his band, the Cajun Trio, he recorded songs during the 1960s and 1970s such as "La Cravat", "Smoke, Smoke that Cigarette", "If Teardrops Were Pennies", "I Passed in Front of your Door", "Jealous Heart", and several holiday songs.

Melville Elijah Stone

On the March 3, 2008 edition of The Rest of the Story, Paul Harvey, Jr. (substituting for his more famous father) related the story of Stone being responsible for the common use of pennies.

Miff Mole

In addition to the groups under his own name, Mole was prominently identified from 1925 to 1929 with various recording bands led by cornetist Red Nichols: The Red Heads, The Hottentots, The Charleston Chasers, The Six Hottentots, The Cotton Pickers, Red and Miff’s Stompers, and especially Red Nichols and His Five Pennies.

Pennies for Peace

Pennies for Peace in its current form was launched by CAI executive director Greg Mortenson to help broaden the horizons of youth in the developed world, and teach them about their capacities to be philanthropists by raising funds to cover the soft costs of building schools (paper, pencils, books, uniforms, desks, etc.) in remote, northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Penny war

Hence, in a competition between Group A and Group B, a contributor who wants Group A to win will place pennies into Group A's bucket and nickels, dimes, quarters, or dollar bills into Group B's bucket.

Pitch penny

Pitching Pennies is featured at the beginning of the hit film "The Purple Rose of Cairo" (1985).

Solon McDade

Susie Arioli Swing Band, Pennies From Heaven featuring Ralph Sutton (Juno Award Nomination)

St. Mary's College, Sault Ste. Marie

A long running tradition at St. Mary's College is "Pennies from Heaven" which raises money each Christmas season to be donated to various youth charities.

Tilted Thunder Rail Birds

:• Pennies for Peace - collected pennies for education opportunities for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan

Until It's Time for You to Go

Besides The Four Pennies, Diamond and Presley, it has been covered by Jim Croce, Glen Campbell, Cher, Nancy Sinatra, Willie Nelson, Shirley Bassey, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Roberta Flack, New Birth, Paul Anka, Eddy Arnold, Michael Nesmith of The Monkees, Bobby Darin, Helen Reddy, Andy Williams, Joe Longthorne and Françoise Hardy.


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