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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KTO, post: 1446819, member: 37914&quot;]It is not an elongated cent, but if you look carefully at the edge, you can see that this souvenir is a capped cent. The 1929 Lincoln Cent is pressed snugly into a die-stamped cap. I have seen another online commemorating (so to speak!) the Bruno Hauptmann trial (convicted of kidnapping &amp; murder of Anne and Charles Lindbergh&#039;s baby). For a look at he Hauptmann Trial souvenir capped cent, please go to Ken Potter&#039;s website: <a href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1934HauptmannTrial1c.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1934HauptmannTrial1c.htm" rel="nofollow">http://koinpro.tripod.com/Articles/1934HauptmannTrial1c.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Why this subject unhappy matter and who created these capped coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect the unknown culprit (and keep in mind, I haved watched a lot of CSI episodes <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) is from....New Jersey!</p><p><br /></p><p>The S.S. Morro Castle had a terrible fire at sea and was beached near Asbury Park, New Jersey in 1934. The Hauptmann Trial was held in Flemington, New Jersey in 1935. Both were major national news events of their day, and someone living locally had come up with this way to make an inexpensive and quick-to-market commemorative coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps some of our more senior forum members may recall hearing or reading about a 1930&#039;s New Jersey area coin dealer who might have created these numismatic souvenirs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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