Man Who Saved Pennies For 45 Years Finally Cashes Out

The trolley wheels squeaked as he walked into the bank. All eyes were on the man pulling the trolley behind him.

The woman behind the counter looked at him in disbelief. How many were in there? He had saved pennies for most of his life – a whole 45 years. He never knew just how much money he would make.

Otha Anders

Otha Ander was a supervisor on the Jackson School Board and was passionate about his job. All of the kids love him and he was happy to look after them.

The 73-year-old had a family of his own. But his wife couldn’t help but question one habit that he had had for the last 45 years.

Obsession

The hobby turned into an obsession that would consume a lot more of his free time than what his wife like.

“I became convinced that spotting a lost or dropped penny was an additional God-given incentive reminding me to always be thankful, there have been days where I failed to pray and more often than not, a lost or dropped penny would show up to remind me.” Anders said.

Praying On A Penny

Otha Anders had been collecting pennies for more than 4 decades and had always put his faith in them as he was a religious man. And as he got older his connection to god only felt stronger for it.

It was actually his religion that started the penny collecting. He felt that every penny he found was a gift from God, but he had no idea that he would find many more gifts throughout his life.

Quirky Habits

Anders didn’t know that after he picked up his first penny, more would keep appearing through his love. This soon became an obsession until he started saving his own pennies for his hobby.

He also started making more and decisions that would give him more pennies. He always made sure that his change had pennies in it. This meant that he soon had more pennies than he knew what to do with.