Pressed Penny Swap

This swap is for US participants only.

If you collect pressed pennies, or would like to start, this would be a great way to add a few new pennies to your collection. Pressed pennies, for anyone who isn't sure, are pennies that have been run through machines, usually at tourist spots, and have a design pressed into them.

For this swap, each participant will have 2 partners and will send each partner 2 different pennies. You can send duplicates from you own collection or go out and press some especially for this swap. It usually cost 50 cents per penny, so you will be spending a total of $2.04 plus postage.

Postage will be 52 cents if you mail them in an envelope. See the discussion post below for information about mailing the pennies. Thanks to Bubba Smooth for the input.

If you participate, please try to use pennies that are dated 1981 or older. This is due to the amount of zinc used in newer pennies. This isn't a requirement, but is appreciated by most pressed penny collectors.

You can go to http://www.pennycollector.com/AreaList.aspx to find pressing machines in your area.

Have fun!

PS-Another penny swap on Swap-bot! Check out purplemorgan's "Smashed, elongated, squished, or pressed penny swap," too.