A few days ago the Dinged Corners blog did a
feature on squished pennies. Squished pennies, also called elongated coins, have been around for a long time, since 1893, according to
this Wikipedia article. I've seen the machines around in various tourist places but I can't say I've had a burning desire to own any. That is until I saw this on the Dinged Corners blog.
That's right, a Mike Schmidt squished penny commemorating his 500th home run on April 18, 1987. This was being offered in an eBay auction. Wasting absolutely no time, I jumped on eBay and bid on this item. And I won it with no other bids for only $4.75 including shipping.
I sure wish I knew where this came from.
That's right, a Mike Schmidt squished penny commemorating his 500th home run on April 18, 1987. This was being offered in an eBay auction. Wasting absolutely no time, I jumped on eBay and bid on this item. And I won it with no other bids for only $4.75 including shipping.
3 comments:
Wow, neat. Congratulations on getting it. I'll bet there are more squished Schmidts.
PS It's impossible to say "squished Schmidts" three times fast.
that's pretty cool. I have a few Yankee ones laying around someplace.
We found our first of these machines at Central Park Zoo, NYC, in late 1950s at which time they had two design styles, one of which showed that famous Gorilla they had on display for decades, along with one of the Empire State Building ...
Believe they then cost only 10 to 25 cents per squish and the operator provided you with shiny new pennies ...
Today, here in eastern Canada, any machines found charge $ 1.00 and you have to have a penny of your own, so this no longer seems like that great a deal, unfortunately ...
Had never seen any with a baseball player / ballpark / theme before finding these pages so there must also be some for NBA - NFL - NHL themes, too ...
Great fun for all !!!
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