Man makes $14,000 deposit — in pennies

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Tweet Man makes $14,000 deposit — in pennies
He'd been saving them for years in his basementThe Associated Press
Updated: 3:23 p.m. ET Nov. 16, 2004CLEVELAND - It’s the lowliest coin in the country. But on Tuesday the humble penny added a lot of shine —$14,000 worth — to one man’s bank account.

Eugene Sukie has spent decades saving and storing the copper coins in his basement but Tuesday he took his collection to a counting machine at his local grocery store, which recorded more than 1.4 million pennies.

One grocery store worker says it was an unbelievable sight, with hundreds of cardboard boxes and thousands of penny rolls, each organized by year.

The worker says Sukie was worried that he and his wife are getting older and eventually won’t be able to get the pretty pennies out of their basement.

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TweetTO BAD THEY WERENT QUARTERS

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TweetToo bad they weren't mine

[SUGARBABY]

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Too bad they weren't mine

I hear that!

[mick-G]

TweetStupid arse!! Why didn't he just take them to the bank. Those coin machines charge a % for cashing. What a stupid phuck!

[kite]

Tweet1.4 million pennies? Can you imagine what the total weight was?

[BM]

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Stupid arse!! Why didn't he just take them to the bank. Those coin machines charge a % for cashing. What a stupid phuck!

Because the bank requires you to have them in rolls with your account # written on the outside. I'll pay 3% before I roll 1.4 million pennies, LOL

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Tweeti will never count ti, will send to the money center

[mick-G]

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Because the bank requires you to have them in rolls with your account # written on the outside. I'll pay 3% before I roll 1.4 million pennies, LOL

My bank will do it for me. Trust me.

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My bank will do it for me. Trust me.

nooo bank will not do it and even my bank, banks will not accept loose coins , tehy have to be wrapped and #account on the outside..... all the banks in VA are like that including MD and DC

[T-Man007]

TweetThat guy has more patience than me. I would have already dipped into those things. I can't keep money in the house.

[mick-G]

TweetThey will wrap them then! Damn it!

[BM]

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They will wrap them then! Damn it!

Only if you pose nude for them Mick. You know how those gay men are that work in the banks.

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They will wrap them then! Damn it!

noooooooooi'am tellin u tehy won't go ask em god damn it and u will see that i'am right

[BM]

TweetSee Mick. No denial!