Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1918 — The Humble Penny. [ARTICLE]

The Humble Penny.

More than a billion cents have been coined in' the last decade, making the number coined from 1793 in all 2,804,000,000 —an average of 27 for eacfi man, woman and child in the United States. Considering the demand for them, and the fact that every cent is worth more than its metal value, it seems as if the government might mint in a 12-month more than 152,846.218 the achievement of the record year.— Boston Globe.