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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dougmeister, post: 2613409, member: 56842&quot;]Shame on CDN for calling it a &quot;penny&quot;... sheesh! ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://blog.greysheet.com/2017/01/05/press-release-historic-experimental-copper-cent-alternative-the-only-intact-glass-u-s-penny-known-surfaces-in-florida-auction/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blog.greysheet.com/2017/01/05/press-release-historic-experimental-copper-cent-alternative-the-only-intact-glass-u-s-penny-known-surfaces-in-florida-auction/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.greysheet.com/2017/01/05/press-release-historic-experimental-copper-cent-alternative-the-only-intact-glass-u-s-penny-known-surfaces-in-florida-auction/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]572127[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The only known surviving intact experimental all-glass penny, manufactured in 1942 as a possible alternative to copper that was urgently needed during World War II...&quot;</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1942-1c-experimental-glass-cent-judd-2069-rb-42-70-r8-pr64-pcgs/a/1251-6170.s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1942-1c-experimental-glass-cent-judd-2069-rb-42-70-r8-pr64-pcgs/a/1251-6170.s" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1942-1c-experimental-glass-cent-judd-2069-rb-42-70-r8-pr64-pcgs/a/1251-6170.s</a></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p>&quot;<b>Description</b></p><p>The yellow-amber tempered glass disc was made using compression molding, using hot glass with cold steel dies. Blanks, or &#039;preforms,&#039; used were slightly larger and thicker than normal one cent pieces. All pieces were manually smoothed on the edge. Thus, weight and dimensions will vary slightly from one specimen to another. The designs are noticeably softer than those seen on plastic or metal examples. The surfaces have irregular glass flow patterns as well as micro cracks and crazing of the surfaces, as described by the Blue Ridge report of December 8, 1942. (<a href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/12255" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/12255" rel="nofollow">PCGS# 12255</a>) &quot;</p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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