When I found this penny, I had that weird feeling that I was in a parallel universe.  It looks like a 1943 steel penny in color but, of course it has the shield on the back indicating that it is a newbie.    And the truth is that there’s little to no copper in these – they don’t last long in the wild.  They disintegrate!

I am now up to seventy cents in found money for 2025.

I read that article from the web about the U.S. plan to stop manufacturing pennies.  Is that a hop, skip and jump to us not using money anymore at all?  Will pennies still fall from heaven???