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What Happens to the Coins Tossed Into Fountains? - by Danny Lewis/ Smart News: Keeping You Current/ SmithsonianMag.com
"All that money has to go somewhere.
Throwing spare change into a fountain is a time-honored ritual: throw a penny into the water, and your wish might come true. But all that money has to go somewhere. Otherwise, the growing piles of pennies, nickels, quarters and Euros could clog up the fountain’s works.
Depending on where a fountain is and who owns it, the coins collected can go to all sorts of different places—from fountain upkeep to charity or public service...."
Money tossed into a fountain at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Trenten Kelley via Flickr)
Richard
"All that money has to go somewhere.
Throwing spare change into a fountain is a time-honored ritual: throw a penny into the water, and your wish might come true. But all that money has to go somewhere. Otherwise, the growing piles of pennies, nickels, quarters and Euros could clog up the fountain’s works.
Depending on where a fountain is and who owns it, the coins collected can go to all sorts of different places—from fountain upkeep to charity or public service...."
Money tossed into a fountain at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art. (Trenten Kelley via Flickr)
Richard