Found My First Circulating Log Cabin

I sat down last night to roll up some cents from my junk bucket to return to the bank. At first glance I noticed a really shiny cent on top with an unusual pattern on it. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a 2009 D Log Cabin, which I haven't seen anywhere except in my mint sets.

It turns out my 10-year-old daughter had some change from when she went shopping with her mother this weekend and threw the cent in the first cent bucket she saw.

We took a look at the log cabin under the magnifier and put it in our Lincoln folder together. Now she's excited to "treasure hunt" for any unusual pennies.

I know it's not a major find, but I thought it was cool to find a beautiful example of a coin I was looking for in a place I least expected it. Shiny pennies must be lucky...if she had dropped it face up in the bucket, I may not have noticed it and rolled it up to go back to the bank.