Will the penny’s death kill the beloved elongated souvenir?

Pennies primarily became the coin of choice for presses during the 1901 and 1904 World’s Fairs, according to the NGC. A ...
The Union Democrat

How souvenir penny presses could survive after the end of the one-cent coin

A wheel cranks on the machine at the Independence Visitor Center, slowing with every turn until: CLINK! A reward drops out the bottom waiting to be collected. It’s a familiar, elongated penny. In its ...
AOL

The penny press is here to stay coin collectors, manufacturers say

Robert Hoff was amazed the first time he saw a coin press machine in action in the 1970s. Hoff was in his twenties when a person passed him while carrying the machine and watched as they pressed ...

Riverfront Park’s souvenir penny presses could be phased out in favor of new coin

With the final U.S. pennies minted in November, Bullseye Amusements in Spokane is considering switching the company’s ...
Morning Call PA

The US penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for one sector of souvenir sellers, it’s a living

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump talks of big change in his second term of office. But he’s not forgetting small change, either. Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop making pennies with ...