1943 Stretched Steelie Experiment

[AstroRaider]

I went through my steelie (1943) slush pile and came up with a rusty, scratched pair (P and D).

At Disneyland, I hoped they had a "Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln" coin stretcher, but they have never had that one (even though I was in that venue and it had other offerings). So, I settled for "My Lucky Penny".

The mechanism went well for both, but the imprint is less pronounced than with copper or layered pennies (in my opinion).

I put the obverse up on one of them, and down on the other...





So, it worked, but not really well.

[cimperialis]

Hah!! This is very neat. Thanks for sharing this. The curiosity of how it would turn out is well worth the few cents that the dirty old steelies are worth.

[Maineman750]

This is the answer for kingofcoins question the other day.....nice job!

[jfines69]

Because the steel is harder the impression will not take as well... Cool though!!!

[BadThad]

Awesome idea! You probably just dulled their dies. LOL

[kingofcoins]

Worked nicely i think now i gotta try it at st louis busch stadium. were you the only one trying to smash a coin would be nice to know if the machine worked after this lol.

[STRANGER4LIFE]

Looks like a double ear up there on the left

That is pretty neat. Something I think I'd be too chicken to try.

[jcuve]

Hilarious and interesting - thanks for sharing!