Man 81, took over 81,600 pennies weighing 500 pounds that almost 'broke the springs' on his pickup truck

 Texas man Ira Keys, 81 who saved all of his 81,600 pennies over a staggering 65 years decided to cash them in at a bank in Slaton, Texas and had a collection of worth $816.

Keys said his penny-saving obsession begun after his father encouraged him to save his money when he was a young man and some were saved when he was just 17-years-old. 

 

He told KCBD-TV: '[My dad] says, 'Whatever you do son, save your money.'

Keys said: 'Back when I started in '52, I didn't have a lot of money, so I saved pennies and I just kept saving them.' 

Truly its  a penny saved is a penny earned.