Probably better quality, you don’t get that “smeared columns” look from a dirty penny.
But uh, why make you give a damn penny then?
S_Rodent on
They look like misprints
_InvaderJim on
Those look like penny blanks
Flippantwritingdesk on
It kinda bums me out, but I get it
jsquared8387 on
Makes sense. We don’t mint the penny anymore.
sleepysamantha22 on
So then what do they use
whatawynn on
i used to work at a zoo and the machine just took 5$ bills or card
GrandmaForPresident on
You used to have to put your own penny in
ZenoxDemin on
I used to have to supply my own penny. Even some pressed quarters.
Had to hope it landed upright to get a perfect imprint.
Fantastic_Citron_344 on
Buy an old machine and a bunch of old pennies, then charge people $1 a penny, and the machine charges $1 to press it
LordWeso on
No point in giving it a penny then. Tired of liars.
limi2018 on
It’s been a stressful week and it’s only Tuesday. For some reason when I saw the picture, and before my brain processed the photo, I thought “what is an infected from “The Last of Us” doing in a penny press.” I’m going to go to bed now. 😂
MaleficentWindow8972 on
I thought these were cool until my parents unfortunately unearthed a handful of.. Mold-A-Rama or something toys they collected instead of these back in the day. I think the machines did plastic injection molds, but they were the same kinda level of novelty and fun. Went down a rabbit hole learning about them a decade ago, lol. They’re cool and a bunch of machines still somehow exist in the world. People still travel to complete their collections.
KittyButt42 on
Yeah…..that sucks. But that’s also why I’ve been collecting pennies so I can still get me some squashed pennies.
Curious_Hawk_8369 on
I don’t remember where I was as it was over 20 years ago, I could find out if I look through my collection of pressed pennies. Some place I visited instead of having a machine that pressed pennies, it pressed either a nickel or a dime, I think it was a dime. I thought it was pretty interesting, and it’s the only machine I ever saw that didn’t use the typical penny.
_idekbro on
I see a couple pennies right there
fzero93 on
We have these pressed penny machines in Japan. Obviously Japan does not have pennies, so they are all blank slugs like this and you just put in ¥100
WakaWaka_ on
Canada been using them for ages, on the plus side you get shiny ones every time.
carry_a_laser on
Back in my day we used the train tracks to press pennies.
istapledmytongue on
What is this? Aren’t you supposed to supply your own penny (plus 2 quarters payment). That’s how they all worked when I was a kid
SimRacingSensations on
I used to collect these as a kid! My collection has over 300 from places like Disney World, national parks, and random tourist spots. The best ones were the ones where you had to provide your own penny – there was something satisfying about getting the perfect imprint. Now I feel old knowing kids today will never experience that same joy of digging through pockets for just the right coin.
mrbarabajagle on
Every penny press I ever used made me supply my own penny. But then again, I guess I haven’t used one in probably 15 years.
joshlander777 on
Weird. The ones I have used always made you insert your own penny. Along with 2 quarters.
No_Can2570 on
Pennies are no longer being minted.
Subziro91 on
This annoys me more then shrinkflation
ButtmanAndRubbin on
Part of the fun was seeing Lincoln’s smushed face on the surface.
nyrf12 on
The last one I saw didn’t even use blanks. It seemed to just drop a pre-smashed one after kids turned the wheel.
Cubes11 on
You don’t pay with a penny anymore, so this makes more sense and gives you a better and cleaner product.
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Ya know, I see these things everywhere, never met a person who has saved one for longer than the car trip home.
Machines like this is why they discontinued the penny. 😆
so its just a copper slug machine now
LIES!!! There are some real pennys in there!!!!
Pennies are on their way out… wonder what they are using.
[So long smashed penny. I’ll see you when I move.](https://youtu.be/vA7YDXtKMjA?si=69P2PG0JMl5VUkYq)
Probably better quality, you don’t get that “smeared columns” look from a dirty penny.
But uh, why make you give a damn penny then?
They look like misprints
Those look like penny blanks
It kinda bums me out, but I get it
Makes sense. We don’t mint the penny anymore.
So then what do they use
i used to work at a zoo and the machine just took 5$ bills or card
You used to have to put your own penny in
I used to have to supply my own penny. Even some pressed quarters.
Had to hope it landed upright to get a perfect imprint.
Buy an old machine and a bunch of old pennies, then charge people $1 a penny, and the machine charges $1 to press it
No point in giving it a penny then. Tired of liars.
It’s been a stressful week and it’s only Tuesday. For some reason when I saw the picture, and before my brain processed the photo, I thought “what is an infected from “The Last of Us” doing in a penny press.” I’m going to go to bed now. 😂
I thought these were cool until my parents unfortunately unearthed a handful of.. Mold-A-Rama or something toys they collected instead of these back in the day. I think the machines did plastic injection molds, but they were the same kinda level of novelty and fun. Went down a rabbit hole learning about them a decade ago, lol. They’re cool and a bunch of machines still somehow exist in the world. People still travel to complete their collections.
Yeah…..that sucks. But that’s also why I’ve been collecting pennies so I can still get me some squashed pennies.
I don’t remember where I was as it was over 20 years ago, I could find out if I look through my collection of pressed pennies. Some place I visited instead of having a machine that pressed pennies, it pressed either a nickel or a dime, I think it was a dime. I thought it was pretty interesting, and it’s the only machine I ever saw that didn’t use the typical penny.
I see a couple pennies right there
We have these pressed penny machines in Japan. Obviously Japan does not have pennies, so they are all blank slugs like this and you just put in ¥100
Canada been using them for ages, on the plus side you get shiny ones every time.
Back in my day we used the train tracks to press pennies.
What is this? Aren’t you supposed to supply your own penny (plus 2 quarters payment). That’s how they all worked when I was a kid
I used to collect these as a kid! My collection has over 300 from places like Disney World, national parks, and random tourist spots. The best ones were the ones where you had to provide your own penny – there was something satisfying about getting the perfect imprint. Now I feel old knowing kids today will never experience that same joy of digging through pockets for just the right coin.
Every penny press I ever used made me supply my own penny. But then again, I guess I haven’t used one in probably 15 years.
Weird. The ones I have used always made you insert your own penny. Along with 2 quarters.
Pennies are no longer being minted.
This annoys me more then shrinkflation
Part of the fun was seeing Lincoln’s smushed face on the surface.
The last one I saw didn’t even use blanks. It seemed to just drop a pre-smashed one after kids turned the wheel.
You don’t pay with a penny anymore, so this makes more sense and gives you a better and cleaner product.
I see several real pennies in this photo.