{"id":18185,"date":"2024-09-21T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=18185"},"modified":"2024-09-21T12:30:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T12:30:10","slug":"man-saves-coins-for-45-years-rolls-15-water-jugs-into-bank-and-tells-teller-to-deposit-em-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=18185","title":{"rendered":"Man saves coins for 45 years, rolls 15 water jugs into bank and tells teller to deposit \u2019em all."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever stop to pick up a penny from the ground? Those small coins may not seem like much, but they can add up over time. Imagine if you collected all the pennies you found in just a month. How about a year? Well, there\u2019s a man named Otha Anders who took it to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Otha, a teacher from Louisiana, had a unique hobby. Starting in the late 1960s, he began collecting pennies. It wasn\u2019t about money or wealth for him; he simply enjoyed the process. Even when the government offered to pay $125 for every $100 worth of pennies turned in, Otha declined. He cherished his collection. But why pennies? According to Otha, each penny served as a reminder to offer a prayer. Whenever he stumbled upon one while pumping gas, walking in a store, or simply on the ground, he would stop and say a prayer. It became a meaningful ritual for him, a way to express gratitude and connect with God.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=18184\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Readmore-1-1-1-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"67\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever stop to pick up a penny from the ground? Those small coins may not seem like much, but they can add up over time. Imagine if you collected all the pennies you found in just a month. How about a year? Well, there\u2019s a man named Otha Anders who took it to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/?p=18185\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Man saves coins for 45 years, rolls 15 water jugs into bank and tells teller to deposit \u2019em all.&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18188,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185\/revisions\/18188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsx48.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}