ATTLE CREEK, Mich. (WOOD) — They say a penny saved is a penny earned — but imagine saving close to 60,000 pennies. A Battle Creek artist did just that, and it earned him $200,000.
The public chose “A. Lincoln” as its ArtPrize Nine grand prize winner. But if it weren’t for the artist trying to save a few pennies of his own, it wouldn’t have happened.
Artist Richard Schlatter says it happened by accident.
“I was rolling some coins to take back to the bank, and I had several hundred pennies laying there to roll up,” Schlatter told 24 Hour News 8 Wednesday. “I just noticed the many different colors and shades, from real dark to real light.”
That’s when inspiration struck.
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