2024 lucky penny count [finances]
Dec. 31st, 2024 01:28 pmIt's the end of the year, and I'm trying to have a low-key day, so it's a great day to count up all of the lucky pennies for the year!
Drumroll, please...
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...$20.62.
I went back to look for records from previous years, but my records are scattered, I believe in part because of the period when the Ubuntu-machine was my main machine. When I got this computer 1.5 years ago I mostly only transferred over crucial working files from the Ubuntu-machine.
And it seems I didn't blog about lucky pennies last year or the year before, interestingly. Probably because this time of year is often hectic with travel and spring semester prep.
I eventually tracked down that our total for 2023 was $18.96. The best year on record is still 2021, when I found a $100 bill, giving us a total of $110.68. And the worst year is still 2020, when we only found $10.68, in part because of lockdowns, but there was also a cash shortage, you might remember. When there are cash shortages, fewer people drop money on the ground for us to find while we are riding our bikes around.
I should note here that
scrottie and I pool our collected lucky pennies together.
We did find 3 bills this time around, a $10 bill and two $1 bills.
Lucky penny money all goes straight into long-term savings. The actual cash goes into my wallet, where I then try to use it to give people exact change when paying for things. Some places humor me more kindly than others.
Drumroll, please...
...
...$20.62.
I went back to look for records from previous years, but my records are scattered, I believe in part because of the period when the Ubuntu-machine was my main machine. When I got this computer 1.5 years ago I mostly only transferred over crucial working files from the Ubuntu-machine.
And it seems I didn't blog about lucky pennies last year or the year before, interestingly. Probably because this time of year is often hectic with travel and spring semester prep.
I eventually tracked down that our total for 2023 was $18.96. The best year on record is still 2021, when I found a $100 bill, giving us a total of $110.68. And the worst year is still 2020, when we only found $10.68, in part because of lockdowns, but there was also a cash shortage, you might remember. When there are cash shortages, fewer people drop money on the ground for us to find while we are riding our bikes around.
I should note here that
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We did find 3 bills this time around, a $10 bill and two $1 bills.
Lucky penny money all goes straight into long-term savings. The actual cash goes into my wallet, where I then try to use it to give people exact change when paying for things. Some places humor me more kindly than others.