Turning a penny into a memory
Posted in Fun Stuff by jspirko on January 30th, 2008 
My son is now 18 and off in college but we have a lot of memories in the form of pennies that we "smashed" into something cool. I am sure at one time or another you have come across penny press machines in your travels. As my son grew up it was something we did on just about every trip, usually a few times on each trip. Heck of a lot of memories in those pennies some examples of places we have them from include,
- Baltimore, Maryland
- Jim Thrope, Pennsylvania (you got to see the autumn leaves their at some point in your life)
- The Houston Space Center
- Sanibel Island Florida
- The Philadelphia Zoo
- Nashville, Tennessee
And a bunch more, I even got him a folder made for keeping them in. When you think about it a penny machine is a simple and inexpensive way to create a unique collectible with a specific memory attached to it. I can remember when Matt was small and needed help to crank the handle when I look at those little smashed pennies that is the type of thing I remember. In short those pennies are priceless to me.
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