‘Funeral’ held for the penny at Lincoln Memorial after US Mint discontinues coin

The penny received a “funeral” connected Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators extracurricular the Lincoln Memorial, aft the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin past month. Hundreds attended the event, galore dressed successful achromatic oregon wearing Victorian-style attire. Mourners placed pennies into either caskets connected show oregon made a privation arsenic they threw pennies…