I heard it is a smashed penny, from one of those penny machines you see at tourist attractions. But not sure. Anybody?
2007-11-11 15:02:08 · 4 answers · asked by bottles&cans 2 in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
It is any of 3 current designs I have made of elongated coins. They promote my hometown of Lexington, NC and our Famous Lexington Style Barbecue. You can see pictures of the 3 different designs at my website www.pigpenny.com . The first coin I made is called "The Original Pig Penny" , and is dated 2007. It's run will expire on Dec. 31, 2007, and the die will be retired/destroyed on that day. No more 2007 coins will be made. I will have a new 2008 design released sometime in Jan-Feb 2008. The other two designs advertise two of the towns local restaurants, and are open ended dies, with no retirement dates for now. I do have several other designs for other local BBQ restaurants in the works, and hope that all the local BBQ restaurants will choose to allow me to make them a coin. ( NO cost to them). I also have a couple of Postcards for those two restaurants available. Neither had ever had a postcard made. You can see pictures of the postcards too at pigpenny.com . Thank you for the interest in my items. Hope this clears up you question.
P.S.
Thank you to all the dozens of people who sent me a heads up about this question to me at the web site. Come see us in Lexington, NC and enjoy some World Class Barbecue Pork, and Chicken.
2007-11-12 03:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by Big Fan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd always heard "Pig Penny" used to refer to one of two things:
1) usually a one-cent piece intended for insertion in a Piggy Bank.
2) there was a child-size pig-toy in a grocery store in Columbia, Missouri, USA that would provide a one-minute
ride for a one-cent piece. A child might be amused with a handful of "Pig pennies" at that location.
I'd never heard of the elongated pennies called that before and suspect such may be a promotion from a specific vender of pork and pork products rather than general usage.
http://www.pigpenny.com/index.html
2007-11-11 19:42:05 · answer #2 · answered by h_brida 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From 1793 to 1857 the U.S. minted what are called, Large Cents. These large one cent coins were larger than a quarter.
2007-11-11 18:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's stretched and then stamped with a design.
http://www.pennycollector.com/store_penny_yearofpig.html
http://www.pigpenny.com/
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2007-11-11 16:02:57 · answer #4 · answered by Kacky 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋