Magnets are my current favorite souvenirs. They are inexpensive, they have a task besides being a memory, and they don’t take up a lot of space. Here are the three that I bought on this trip.
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I’ve been collecting pressed pennies since 1985. My first one was from the Oregon Coast. Here are four from this trip.
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You can see that we had older pennies (pre-1986) for the Ferndale and Face Rock pressings, but had to use newer ones for the Sky Trail.
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I should start keeping a stash of older pennies just for this purpose and I should also probably add “pennies” to my packing list.
These are fun! It makes me wonder – and there must be because of capitalism – if there are special pages/books for holding pressed pennies. Where do you store yours?
Why yes there are! The market has provided. I’m on my third book, I think. They live in a little used dresser drawer.