I've started collecting elongated pennies, which are sometimes called rolled, pressed, or smashed pennies. You've probably seen those machines at tourist attractions, where you put in a penny and the machine smashes it flat and puts a design on it.
Anyway, there's a web site called pennycollector.com that gives the locations of these machines all over the country, including 2 machines in Mt. Airy which have Mayberry designs. According to the website, there is one machine in the mall near JCPenny, and another one at Specialty Gifts on Main St. I don't know when I'll ever make it back to Mt. Airy, but if anyone reading this message lives near there, I'd be grateful if you could smash some pennies and send them to me. Pre-1982 pennies work best, because cents were still made of copper back then (nowadays they are zinc, and just copper-plated). http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=3678 http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=3679 Naturally, I will gladly reimburse all costs, or if anybody wants to trade, I can send some elongated pennies from Missouri. I'd like to trade for any other designs too, even if they aren't Mayberry-related. Thanks, Paul Mulik P.S. Do you think lightning will hit my backyard? I was thinking about putting a penny out there. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wbmutbb.com/mailman/listinfo/wbmutbb_wbmutbb.com http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
