A 79-year old man went to his local grocery store in Cleveland, and cashed in a million or so pennies.

"Eugene (Sukie's) first penny collection totaled $45, which he earned as a newspaper delivery boy and used to purchase a top-of-the-line Schwinn bicycle in 1939.

"He then embarked on another collection of pennies totaling $400, which he was able to use in 1970 to offset some of his daughter's wedding costs. At that point, Sukie became newly-inspired to collect one million of something and thought pennies would be a reasonable and affordable hobby."

Think big, folks. If he had collected dimes, it would have added up to $100,000 instead of $10,000.

According to this data sheet, which was prepared for a Massachusetts school's "million penny challenge," a million pennies weigh three tons. So assume Eugene Sukie was not storing them in his attic.