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C.R.
I just found my first penny. A patient left my office. He closed the door as he left.... and there it was, right in the middle of the threshold on my side of the door. It is 3:30 PM. Where did it come from? I had just had a little praise session with him and his parting words with me were, "God love us both very much. You are a super lady." And then, the penny. Big Smile!

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M. H.- Upland, CA
We were snorkeling in Hawaii and had just seen some sea turtles. Didn't have money with us. No pockets for change. We found a nice quite place under this big beautiful tree and laid some towels down and sat there watching the sunset. When the show was over, we went to get up, and Matt sat up first and I looked down and there was a penny on his towel right where he had been laying... I asked him if he had put it there. He responded with... HOW... I don't have pockets, don't have money here on the beach, we've been snorkeling and walking on the beach all day. Where did this Penny come from???

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S.D.- Phoenix, AZ
I am at a conference today and I went outside on a break to read my emails. Well, as I was reading your email and smiling, I looked on the ground and among the gravel was a black thing. I bent over to pick it up and it was a penny! Almost undecpherable. Well, 30 minutes later my PM let me know that we just won TWO projects today!! (Huge ones that will keep some of our engineers busy for the next few years!) I give the credit to the penny.

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J.M.- Upland, CA
Wondering how we Penny Pals were going to find dollars (or more). I was dumfounded when I read that you found one by the vending machines.  Doesn't it make you wonder why you hadn't asked the Angels months ago?  Well here is my dollar story.
The other day I found a penny and tossed it in the cup holder in my car.  I stopped at a convenience store a few days later to pick up some snack stuff.  Before going inside I asked the Angels how was I going to find more than a penny, nickel, dime or quarter?  Was it really possible for me to find $1 as well?  
The change for my purchase from a $5 bill was $1 and some change.  I hadn't bought a lottery ticket for quite awhile, so I asked the clerk to hand me a $1 scratcher (possibly the second one I have bought this year - maybe only the first).  He asked which one.  Gosh, I don't know, let's see.  Looking them over there was one with cherries on it that reminded me of the old penny slot machines, so I picked that one.  I tossed it in the bag.  
A couple days later I remembered the ticket was in the bag with the snacks, took it out and started scratching off the silver stuff in each row with the penny I had found earlier in the week.  Well, although the $100 prize in the first row would have been really nice, I wasn't unhappy with the other two rows that produced a handsome $4 return on my investment.

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S.M.- Upland, CA
After being at work for ten hours the last thing I want to do is stop at a grocery store - any grocery store.  Pulling into an Albertson's and not having talked to the Penny Angels for awhile, I decided to ask them what might be in store for me in that big asphalt sea of cars and people rushing home to eat dinner.  I got out of my car and walked about 20 steps and off to my left noticed what looked like a small piece of white paper with some typing on it.  Curious (don't ask me why) I walked in that direction to find what looked like some kind of card with a black bar across it.  Picked it up and turned it over to find it was a Wells Fargo ATM/Credit card.  I stood there in total disbelief, and said to the Penny Angels, "That's kind of overkill, don't you think"?  I took it inside and gave it to one of the tellers at the Wells Fargo window, did my quick shopping and heading back to my car was rewarded with a penny in one of the disabled parking spots.  No good deed goes unrecognized.

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J.M. - CA
I found a quarter about 5 miles from the Supai village at the Havasu Canyon (part of Grand Canyon, but the not the popular touristic part). It was on a flat rock as if it was laid out for me when I wanted to take a break during my 9 mile hike from the village.  I wish I would have taken a picture.

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G.P.- CA
My husband and I were finishing our morning walk today and discussing the best repair for our Dodge Diesel.  It was running poorly.  It's in the shop now in pieces & they are saying we need a new head gasket.   My husband has been trying to make a decision what to do.  We've been discussing this for days.  I told him that cheap is expensive and to consider doing the new or rebuilt engine.  At that point he found a penny, just after he said "we should probably do the new engine".  I told him, "there's your answer!"

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G. K.- Arizona
Yesterday my daughter, Sydney, broke my heart.
My afternoon was going very poorly after my production numbers were lower than quota and ... The kids were very happy to see me when I picked them up and we piled into the car to drive home for dinner and the regular stop at the local Circle K.  We stop at Circle K for fresh bananas and my weekly lottery ticket (you have to play to win – I tell my self).  We all have to go in and pick the bananas.   After paying, my daughter darts like an arrow out the door and runs down the sidewalk, like a crazy fool I chase after her yelling not to run into the parking lot.  She screeches to a halt by the ice machine and bends over to pick up a penny.  She then turns to me and triumphantly shows me her treasure stomping past me back into the store to place it into the donation box for handicap kids.   She just turned 3, so she can’t even see the donation cup, but she knows it is there.  Smiling, she sidles over to me and reaches up for my hand so we can hold hands back to the car walking through the parking lot.  I started wondering what the Penny Angels were telling me.  Holding hands with my son and daughter walking through that lot I smiled and nodded to the woman filling her tank and witnessing my epiphany – sharing joy.  Some days the storm of crap that continues to threaten deluge rules my workday and ends up ruling my life; not yesterday.  I went home, made dinner and played with my wonderful kids.  Thank you angels for the simple reminder.

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J.M.- Upland, CA
Off to Albertson's near me this afternoon for groceries.  Don't normally go to this particular one as I usually stop on my way to work at one on my way home, but this one is closer to where I live.  Almost finished and decided to walk past the Starbuck's inside to see what might be there.  A dime and a penny a few feet from each other.  I see how this can be very habit forming.  Twenty seven cents in two days...not a bad haul :).

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June 20, 2009
S.M. - Upland, CA
Today I was having breakfast with three other ladies from my high school class. We met at Coco's for over 3 hours.  About two hours into our little get together, I decided to go outside and have a cigarette.  Went over to a side parking lot of the building where hardly anyone was parked and I stood there for a while and decided to add some steps to my pedometer.  Since I'm not a dedicated coin hunter like you, I haven't added many coins to my collection, but decided that it might be fun to see what happened.  While walking I thought "What would Tina do at this point?"  The answer that came to mind was a sing-song, so here we go, "Penny Angels, Penny Angels, what will I find?  A penny, a nickel, a quarter or dime?"  I walked past six or seven empty parking spaces.  Nothing.  Crossed over to the next row and guess what?  There was a DIME...the last coin mentioned in my little song.

On the way home I stopped at a convenience store, got out of my car thinking what are the chances of finding a coin and looked directly at a nickel on the ground!  Boy was that a surprise.  Next stop was through Del Taco for a burrito (it was now near dinner time).  At the window waiting for my order I sat there thinking that Mike and Tina find coins at the drive through window, so I look down and there is a penny, which didn't stay there long once I saw it.

Each time I thought about finding a coin, there one was.  I guess I'm going to have to think more about them from now on.

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June 14, 2009
Bill- Temecula, CA
We were in Washington D.C. for the Komen Race for the Cure and to lobby for Breast Cancer research.  We stopped for a break and sat on the steps of the Capital Building.  We were appreciating the magnitude and power of the thousands of people gathered there.  There was a penny right next to me which I have brought home for you.

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June 14, 2009
Hui- Orange, CA
I spent the day with my bellydance instructor/awesome friend.  It was much needed time away from the regularities of daily life.  It was so awesome because of the energy and the fact that everyone was IN class.  On my way home, I found 2 pennies at the toll booth on the 73 Frwy.  A sign for an awesome day.

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June 12, 2009
K.C. - Chino, CA
I was at Round Table Pizza picking up an order for a friend and found my first Quarter!. The Penny Angels rewarded me for doing a good deed.

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June 1, 2009
S.M. - Upland, CA
Today I stopped at a convenience store on my way to work to buy a packet of Aleve.  I was the only one in the parking lot, and the only one in the store except for the clerk.  I dashed in and out and halfway to my car something made me turn around.  Smack dab in the center of the concrete area in front of the store was a very bright, shiny penny that I couldn't have possibly missed going in and out of the store and no one was around anywhere.  This is now my second shiny penny that appeared out of nowhere.

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May 30, 2009
J.C. and G. M. - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Yesterday Glenda found a penny standing in line for the Pirates of the Caribbean at Disneyland.

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May 24, 2009
G. S. - Campbellfield Vic Australia
I just got your email about this amazing website....

And, you know, it kind of makes me think that "pennies" come in all sorts of guises.  They sometimes take the form of a friend who seems to know exactly when I need reassurance, support or even a hug..!!  Those "pennies" send emails, phone calls, or cards...just out of the blue.....but always when those are most needed.

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May 5, 2009
G. P. - CA
I must share this with you... My husband Keith & I were out this morning for our 5:15 a.m. walk and that's when we have our chat time each day.  So part way thru the walk I started to say to him "my friend Tina from Cal Poly is starting a website pennyfinder.com and she's found pennies #136 days in a row and writes stories about them each day, . . ." and before I could continue explaining about Penny Tales, he looked down and picked up a penny & we laughed and were shocked, mouth dropped open actually.  It was too bizarre that at that very moment he found a penny.  Then I continued on to tell him more indepth about a few of your stories.

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May 3, 2009	
V & V.G. - Claremont, CA
I had a very touching penny story last week. When I sent an email to our team to let them know we were not going to attend our Team in Training practice yesterday and why, I happened to mention that if they found any pennies to save them for us. A woman who was fundraising and training for her first marathon with Team in Training in 1997 (the year I was diagnosed) and who has stayed with the team ever since (she's actually our team captain) brought me four pennies she had found while running on Wednesday when we were together at a meeting that night. I always tell people she helped save my life (and really it's true, actually--the money TNT raised at that time was being funneled in grants to the doc who found the compound that's in the pill I take). She handed them to me with tears in her eyes and said she hoped they would be as lucky for my husband as things have been for me. It melted my heart.

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May 2, 2009
V.G. - Claremont, CA			
We arrived today in Tampa for follow up scans and doctor's appointment, scans Monday, doc on Wednesday. When we got out of our car in the parking lot, I found one penny and my husband found another. It surely helps alleviate the anxiety we feel every four months when he must be scanned again and we must await the results.  Pennies of comfort.

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March 31, 2009
K.C. - Chino Hills, CA				
Took my mom to the Ellen Show on Thursday  – they told us that there was no way our stand by tickets would allow us to go to the show – bummer since my mom leaves on Sat.  So I thought – well I hope that at least I’ll find a penny– within a few seconds – there was a penny under the bench.  Within an hour – as luck would have it – we ended up inside the Ellen Show!!!  Yippee!  Penny angels worked their magic!!!

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March 27, 2009
S.M. - Upland, CA
Your Penny Angels listen to everything and love to prove that we can be wrong.
I don't look for pennies on campus because I figure others have already found them.  Well I walked out to my car tonight to go home and thought I would look, just in case.  Didn't see anything.  I backed out and turned to my left to make sure I wouldn't collide with anyone and before I could look to my right, there on the asphalt where I was parked and had just walked past was the brightest penny I have seen in quite some time.  Needless to say, this one is mine to remind me those angels hear everything.

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Aug 14, 2009