When I was a kid, wrapping the pennies we had tossed into the Ball jar was a big deal. We might get $5 or $6, enough to fill the car with gas at least two times, or pay for a couple of family dinners ...

Like many who drop their loose change into some sort of container upon arrival home from work, Chris McGuigan religiously dumped his coins into a water cooler jug -- the old-fashioned type, several ...

That jangling jar of copper-colored coins sitting on your dresser just became a relic. The government ordered the last penny ...