A penny for your experiment

This past weekend I walked through Central Park with yw. Near the zoo, children were gathered around a machine that squeezes pennies into souvenir medallions. Yw wondered if the medallions were actually rendered from the pennies supplied. I said that would be destruction of government property. We decided to test it.

I fished a penny and fifty cents from my change purse. Yw grabbed a pen and drew all over the penny. We waited our turn. When we reached the machine, I chose the penguin medallion. We inserted our change and turned the crank. A small "tink" revealed our medallion. Our marks were still on it. Posted by eku at August 22, 2007 2:52 PM