Pressed Penny Swap!

Please, what is a pressed penny?

I'm hoping its the penny machine at an attraction like an amusement park or fair or even a store sometimes that you put in a penny and most times 2 quarters and select a picture to be stamped on your penny and then you crtank a big handle and your penny comes out smashed into an oval shape with that picture on it. they are really neat!

please click my name to see the swaps i'm hosting they are easy and fun so come sign up!

it's pre-82 pennies that are more copper not pre-83. and i have a pressed penny swap i do every month and if you wait a bit, the new swap will be coming up soon!

Actually, it IS pre-83, since that is the year they started making pennies out of zinc with a little copper overlay. 1982 was the last year for all copper pennies, and makes the best stamping! I'm so glad you started this swap. I'm new, and I missed the last one, and I was hoping someone would start one. I hope to join kittenmeowmeow's also! I guess I'm addicted to pressed pennies too!!!!

Sorry for the delay in response! Yes, that's exactly what pressed pennies are. :) They're the little squished pennies you can get in souvineer places such as zoos and aquariums around the world. Disney World/Land is known for having a bunch of them, too!

It's all pennies from 1982 and earlier, which is pre 1983. :) I can't wait to join your swap, too!

i'm so glad thats the pressed penny you were talking about! I really didn't feel like playing on the railroad track!

I actually have a little mini collection of these! I always get one whenever I go on vacation!!!!! I've got a Hawaii penny, a Las Vegas penny, a Reno penny, a Disneyland penny, some local ones from here in Washington and I can't remember where else I got them at, but I've got probably about 10 of them, I think they are so neat!! I would love it if I wound up getting one or more from another country or other countries!!

Yes, this is a great thing to collect. If you have a chance, go to www.pennycollector.com and check out what it has to say about this hobby. It also has a "Locations" link that will tell you where all the machines are located world-wide!!!

hnasmom, Reb, boopgirly, and Violetwit your pressed pennies are in the mail from Houston! Enjoy!