tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post1412479289478827255..comments2009-07-20T11:51:27.305+08:00chillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-91242545967092431952009-07-20T11:51:27.305+08:002009-07-20T11:51:27.305+08:00Hi there, I understand that the penny is real. My previous comment on &quot;fake&quot; was aimed at another commenter who stressed that hers was real.chillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-72787241410742065582009-07-20T01:14:06.165+08:002009-07-20T01:14:06.165+08:00It is a real US penny as you look at the picture of the design pressed, at the background you can see the State building and the words &#39;One Cent&#39; on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-48044444397544828092009-07-20T00:46:21.542+08:002009-07-20T00:46:21.542+08:00Hi,<br /><br />The US penny is not fake. It&#39;s real US penny. It&#39;s legal to press these pennies. But it is illegal to press Singapore coins. You can check out the pressed penny website to read more about it. <br />http://pressedpenny.yolasite.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-54313299834449910602009-07-09T10:36:58.945+08:002009-07-09T10:36:58.945+08:00now you know, so don&#39;t go and scribble telephone number on your notes or try to be funny and make a cut (the old joke of tearing a bit of the 10 dollar to get 8 dollar)chillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-46554361473287793672009-07-09T10:27:30.022+08:002009-07-09T10:27:30.022+08:00oooo i didn&#39;t know damaging legal tender is illegal in SG... or rather, i&#39;m just not aware enough. now i know! :)fiefiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653180947675392821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-58628200164274326602009-07-08T11:32:30.605+08:002009-07-08T11:32:30.605+08:00wah going round collecting pressed pennies! Ok, sounds like collecting passport stamps isn&#39;t enough for those travelers :)<br /><br />When I was in Hong Kong I saw that some tourist attractions have rubber stamp and ink pad for visitors to stamp on some visitors&#39; passport or something, equally meaningful i guess.chillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-60002499192492653372009-07-08T10:54:34.176+08:002009-07-08T10:54:34.176+08:00Actually you can see this at most of the major tourist attractions across Europe. I&#39;ve heard of ppl going all ard collecting these pressed pennies. =Xcarrotcakhttp://carrotcak.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-62189753008933923432009-07-07T11:17:22.613+08:002009-07-07T11:17:22.613+08:00i made a FAKE pressed penny cos it&#39;s illegal to alter or damage legal tender in Singapore. Can&#39;t help it. And they need to earn your 2 dollars.chillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-27768379537888264322009-07-07T10:45:49.954+08:002009-07-07T10:45:49.954+08:00oooo i have a REAL pressed penny which i pressed in London. They really asked you to insert the penny that you want to press and you just twist the dial (only one design). It&#39;s my &quot;Lucky Penny&quot; :)fiefiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653180947675392821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-5472609646218051642009-07-07T07:17:51.923+08:002009-07-07T07:17:51.923+08:00&quot;...for you and for me and the entire human race...&quot;chillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-39725049046355105092009-07-07T00:48:31.246+08:002009-07-07T00:48:31.246+08:00So who&#39;s the someone u love that you gave the coin to?? HahaahJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-52256464470591855382009-07-06T21:29:02.924+08:002009-07-06T21:29:02.924+08:00<b>gie</b>: it&#39;s at Suntec City level 3 above Carrefour :)<br /><br /><b>averii</b>: so embarrassing :Pchillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-30586614765796523692009-07-06T15:17:02.686+08:002009-07-06T15:17:02.686+08:00Wahahaha... U really do sound very excited... =paveriihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15292495465489581834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-29750664470355853112009-07-06T14:43:49.537+08:002009-07-06T14:43:49.537+08:00haha cool! I heard such machines are common in the theme parks in States. <br />Eh where is the machine located at? heh...gie_chloehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13898688659626423264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-73348933034673684452009-07-06T12:54:14.694+08:002009-07-06T12:54:14.694+08:00<b>tstar</b>: guess it&#39;s natural<br /><br /><b>xinyun</b>: :Pchillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-46166763506979972672009-07-06T12:36:16.052+08:002009-07-06T12:36:16.052+08:00pfft... o.Oxinyunhttp://xinyun.sgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-56165748663183519472009-07-06T11:37:19.761+08:002009-07-06T11:37:19.761+08:00Oh HK disneyland has this! My crazy friends went around collecting every single design there was -_-&#39;&#39;&#39; but they change colour after a while with oxidization, so a little disappointing.tstarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-2580782484541529952009-07-06T10:42:29.929+08:002009-07-06T10:42:29.929+08:00high tech coinphone somemore :Pchillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-42433965430110848762009-07-06T09:59:05.661+08:002009-07-06T09:59:05.661+08:00*evil stare*<br /><br />pfft, trying to say my mobile phone is a payphone huh? :Pxinyunhttp://xinyun.sgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-58821106673916550302009-07-06T09:09:07.990+08:002009-07-06T09:09:07.990+08:00yup it&#39;s not random, user gets to choose the design by turning the handle.<br /><br />Think we didn&#39;t know it when we were figuring it out :Pchillycrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364275163064391252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24973864.post-47977706436545778532009-07-06T05:10:03.344+08:002009-07-06T05:10:03.344+08:00Uh. I dont think its random, you need to twist the dial to choose the design you want and then twist the crank to let it out.<br /><br />Or maybe the one I saw is different to that one :Prinazhttp://rinaz.netnoreply@blogger.com