Stephen Colbert had a segment on the demise of the penny and elongated cents tonight, culminating in the dramatic reveal of a custom Late Show penny press made by The Penny Press Machine Company in Little Canada, MN. (https://www.tppmc.com/home) It makes 4 options, including one of a penny pressed into a penny. He said it will be in the lobby at the theater for anyone to make them, until his show ends in May. I thought @lordmarcovan would get a kick out of this. Perhaps their YouTube channel will post a video of it at some point; I couldn't find it yet tonight.
I actually have this site bookmarked in my head....This is the link for Little Canada, MN. PennyCollector.com - The official website for elongated pennies, penny books and penny machines
Neato. Drop that YouTube vid later if you see it. Cindy Calhoun at Cindy’s Cents is the vendor who produced my custom elongates. https://www.elongatedpenny.net/
tecnews.org is the website for elongated penny collectors. Cindy Calhoun is the current president, I believe it's the second time she has been president.
I especially like the ladies' penny costumes. Everyone got one last night, theater capacity is 370. I wonder how soon one shows up on ebay.
Wish I could find one, I wonder if a silver dime would work? Here's Reba McEntire pressing some, these machines are hard to find, post info if you know where a penny smasher machine is located in California! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/C2HL95Hd_V8
