Pennies for Presents - "The Great Weigh-In"

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We are so proud of our BCS Students who raised $2,385.29 for the Pennies for Presents Community Outreach Project. 

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What is God going to do with this penny?

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  Penny Trivia!      Did you know?

1. Pennies are 97.5% Zinc and 2.5% copper.
2. There are over 130 billion one-cent coins currently in circulation.
3. The most valuable penny was minted in 1793 and is worth an estimated $275,000. There are four known to exist today.
4.The U.S. Mint has produced over 288.7 billion pennies. Lined up they would circle the earth 137 times.
5.An average of 1,040 pennies are produced every second, adding up to 30 million a day.