Kids Swallowing Pennies

Kids Swallowing Pennies Doctors at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, have learned that a penny saved isn't always a good thing, particularly if that penny was minted after 1982. A team of doctors found that children who swallow post-1982 pennies may develop stomach ulcers if the coins become lodged in their digestive tracts. More than 21,000 children visited the emergency room in 1997 after swallowing