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Q: How do I press a penny so that the date/Lincoln's profile shows on the reverse?
A: Face Lincoln away from the crank handle on manual crank machines; on electric machines, you pray. I have yet to try facing Lincoln to the side opposite the die press in an electric machine. It's kind of a crapshoot however you do it; many machines have a chute leading to the roller instead of it just sliding in there, so I would assume it's like flipping a coin but with the odds slightly in your favor.
Q: How do you poke a hole in the penny? Say, if I wanted to make a charm bracelet.
A: Damned if I know. Anyone? Is this a good excuse to buy a Dremel?
A: Face Lincoln away from the crank handle on manual crank machines; on electric machines, you pray. I have yet to try facing Lincoln to the side opposite the die press in an electric machine. It's kind of a crapshoot however you do it; many machines have a chute leading to the roller instead of it just sliding in there, so I would assume it's like flipping a coin but with the odds slightly in your favor.
Q: How do you poke a hole in the penny? Say, if I wanted to make a charm bracelet.
A: Damned if I know. Anyone? Is this a good excuse to buy a Dremel?