So you like pennies? How ya like THESE pennies!

These are a few pennies i got from my dad a long time ago, thought maybe you guys might like them too.

 

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Those are pretty neat. There are people who collect encased cents. I would think the one from the Stork Club would be especially popular.

 

They're in great shape too, I've got a few of my own...

 

Nice! I have one somewhere. Mine is also in an aluminum shape, but shaped like a horseshoe rather than a disc. I've always wondered what they did to bond the two metals to each other by the rim. Just heat or some sort of cement/glue?

 

I like encased coins too. I have quite a few of them, mostly issued by coin clubs over the years. I always wondered how they made these too Chris. Have to Google it someday.

 

Thanks for sharing them!!!

Nice! :thumb:
I got one somewhere from 1964 Worlds Fair!

 

If you are into those, look at this one;

That is one of the best struck 1922-D I have seen. Too bad about the casing.

 

Nice - all of them.

 

I remembered seeing these in my dads jewelry box when I was a young boy, its a shame they weren't taken better care of over the years...you can still see sone red on the 49 penny. I also wondered how they were attatched...rlm that's a nice one you have also. I would like to see the worlds fair one also if you can get a shot of it.

 

The cent would be placed in the hole of the aluminum blank and then struck in a press with dies that have a central hole. As the aluminum was struck it tries to expand both outward against a restraining collar and inward against the coin. If you were to punch the coin out of the ring and examine the edge you would find that it is now slightly concave from where the aluminum pushed in the center of the edge. In some cases the hole in the die is also just slightly smaller in diameter than the coin. This tends to crush the coin edge down onto the intruding aluminum an helps to lock the two pieces together. So no glue, no heat, it is a physical interlocking of the two pieces caused by the striking.

This is the same technique used to create bi-metalic coinage only the whole assembly is stuck rather than just the outer ring.

 

Nice 22-D!

 

Thank you. :thumb:

 

Numiscent has it for sale at his site, but he is proud of it.

 

Thanks for the information...so my question is: how many have you knocked out of their encasement

 

Here's a few of my coin club encased coins. I especially like the Arkansas State Quarter.

 

I dunno, it's a great coin literally embedded in a contemporary provenance. Did you know today a break service company is at the address listed on the casing? That's almost of century of automotive enterprises at the same spot. Pretty cool if you ask me.

 

I am definitely not from that area, so, no, I did not know what is presently there. Tom would be glad to sell it it to you. Go for it!

 

Bruce those are some really nice ones you just posted, I like the square design with the nickel.

 

You will find coins that are out of these encasements but it is really not worth it to try to remove them as the process of minting them damages the cent.

Richard