These fake pennies hidden in Los Angeles are worth $1,000 each

Stopping to pick up a stray penny off the ground may not seem worth the effort, yet one bank is trying to change that mindset by placing 100 fake pennies across the country worth $1,000 apiece.

Ally Bank says it is hoping to encourage Americans to look for opportunities to save through its Lucky Penny promotion, which launched this week.

The lucky pennies carry a copper color like real pennies but feature the Detroit-based bank’s logo instead of Abraham Lincoln’s head. The flip side of the coin lists its value at 100,000 cents.

The pennies have been placed in Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Miami, Denver, Detroit, Charlotte, N.C., and Austin, Texas.

The coins can be redeemed online until the end of the year.

ALSO

NBA games will be streamed in virtual reality every week this season

Snoopy and the Peanuts gang are cut loose by MetLife as it retools business

Verizon says figuring out how Yahoo hack affects their deal will be a ‘long process’