Giveaway of a Children's Book on the Monetary System

I am just 15 years old right now, but there is this one poem that is always the best when it comes to money...
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[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]My dad gave me one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his smartest son,
And I swapped it for two shiny quarters
'Cause two is more than one![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]

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[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And then I took the quarters
And traded them to Lou
For three dimes -- I guess he don't know
That three is more than two![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]

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[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]Just then, along came old blind Bates
And just 'cause he can't see
He gave me four nickels for my three dimes,
And four is more than three![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]

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[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs
Down at the seed-feed store,
And the fool gave me five pennies for them,
And five is more than four![/SIZE][/FONT][/TD]

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[TD="width: 84%"][FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][SIZE=+1]And then I went and showed my dad,
And he got red in the cheeks
And closed his eyes and shook his head--
Too proud of me to speak!
[/SIZE][/FONT]- Shel Silverstein
now only if those 5 pennies were all 1909-S VBD!!!

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“It’s easy to grin when your ship comes in, and you’ve got the stock market beat… But the man worthwhile is the man who can smile when his pants are too tight in the seat.”

~Judge Smeils (Caddyshack)

 

I LOVE Caddyshack, i'm a golfer myself

 

I know its not winner worthy, but its a quote I saw written on a stall at the greyhound station when I was a kid, they made you pay 10¢ to get into the stall.

"Here i sit broken hearted, paid 10¢ and only farted"

 

Last day for the contest!!!
And the winner is...

 

Money can't buy happiness but it can buy you a bottle of rum.......On second thought let's not share that withthe children...... On a serious note I just had my second book accepted by a publisher. ;-)

 

It was going to be tough picking a winner until I saw K2Coin's posting of one of my favorite Shel Silverstein poems and one I had in mind while writing this book! K2C, PM me your address and the book is yours.

Everyone, thank you for chiming in with your great submissions!
Edited ~ Self promotions and trying to sell in regular forums is not allowed.

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The book arrived today in the mail. Thank you so much for holding this contest and sending the wounderful book to me. I though that the book was very interesting and provided a lot of knowledge. I liked how it explaned how pennies and nickles have a value worth more then their face. I sorted out my new pennies and old copper peneis and I found over $50 in copper pennies, over 100 rolls!!! Thank you so much for the contest once again!!