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<p>[QUOTE="zekeguzz, post: 923471, member: 15455"]Remember back in the 1930's and 1940's there were machines at amusment parks where you would put in a nickel and get a elongated/pressed penny back with just about anything impressed on it.</p><p>Well my friend Ray who is 85, God bless him, showed me this souvenir of his. It is a pressed penny with the ' TEN COMMANDMENTS ' on it. BUT it done horizontally. upon searching for some history on it all I have found are the ones done vetically without the Roman numerals. The ten commandments is supposed to be one of the all time favorite pressed penny. Has anyone ever seen one like this and know the history behind it?</p><p> </p><p>Back in those day we kids would tie a string to it and pin it to the inside of our pockets. It didn't take much to amuse us back then. And we'd better not lose it bcause it cost a nickel to get this penny and that was considered pretty dumb if not extravagant. As a side question how did the term ' Nickel Millionaire ' originate?-------------zeke[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zekeguzz, post: 923471, member: 15455"]Remember back in the 1930's and 1940's there were machines at amusment parks where you would put in a nickel and get a elongated/pressed penny back with just about anything impressed on it. Well my friend Ray who is 85, God bless him, showed me this souvenir of his. It is a pressed penny with the ' TEN COMMANDMENTS ' on it. BUT it done horizontally. upon searching for some history on it all I have found are the ones done vetically without the Roman numerals. The ten commandments is supposed to be one of the all time favorite pressed penny. Has anyone ever seen one like this and know the history behind it? Back in those day we kids would tie a string to it and pin it to the inside of our pockets. It didn't take much to amuse us back then. And we'd better not lose it bcause it cost a nickel to get this penny and that was considered pretty dumb if not extravagant. As a side question how did the term ' Nickel Millionaire ' originate?-------------zeke[/QUOTE]
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