#smashed penny

[memorablecolors]

FROGGY!!!!!

[9rose-tea6]

A smashed penny my mom found on a family road trip last week. It was crushed by a train, which my dad says is illegal to do (putting coins on railroad tracks). But we didn't put the penny there, we just found it there. Still cool though!

[mulchthief]

Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle smashed penny by Josh MacPhee, from Fauna: a Penny Press (w/ Stuart Anderson)

[mulchthief]

Eastern Cougar penny design by Mary Tremonte, from Fauna: A Penny Press, an in-progress project by Stuart Anderson and myself.

[icurseyouthomaszane]

Paul F. Tompkins has made lifelong enemies with smashed penny enthusiasts.

[mulchthief]

Red Wolf (Canis rufus) smashed penny by Bec Young, from the continuing Fauna project with Stuart Anderson

[mulchthief]

Mexican Grizzly Bear penny, from the promo shoot (my design)

[mulchthief]

early test pressings of endangered/extinct animals: Eastern Cougar (Mary Tremonte), Jaguar (Mazatl), Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Josh MacPhee) b/w detail of die with Caribbean Monk Seal (Katie Kaplan)