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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4758685, member: 97383&quot;]Last week two friends &amp; I took a trip to the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) to see a couple of new exhibits. The CMOG is the largest museum of it&#039;s kind in the world &amp; has a spectacular collection of art &amp; historical glass. It is directly attached to the Corning Glass Works which has made important contributions to scientific glass production, telescopic glass &amp; fiber optic glass. One of the favorite souvenirs visitors come home with is the famous Penny in a Bottle, something that baffles a lot of kids <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The bottles contain one freely moving Lincoln penny in Brilliant Uncirculated condition. Puzzled kids ask &quot;how did they get the penny in the bottle <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?&quot; Of course the bottle is made around the coin from a piece of test-tube glass. The diameter of the test-tube is slightly larger than the coin so it can move freely inside the bottle. A glass worker seals the bottom of the tube so it looks like the base of a real bottle, &amp; after cooling drops the coin in the bottle, reheats the top of the test-tube &amp; forms the neck &amp; lip of the bottle. Lastly it&#039;s enameled with Corning&#039;s name. The bottles are 60 mm tall &amp; sell for less than $2.00 each <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1160928[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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