A wheel cranks on the machine at the Independence Visitor Center, slowing with every turn until: CLINK! A reward drops out the bottom waiting to be collected. It’s a familiar, elongated penny. In its ...

Robert Hoff was amazed the first time he saw a coin press machine in action in the 1970s. Hoff was in his twenties when a person passed him while carrying the machine and watched as they pressed ...

Death of the Penny FILE - A girl uses a penny press machine at the American Dream mall, March 2, 2025, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson ...

Alonda Emery can’t figure out what she’d call that thing sitting in the corner of her place of employment, the Flameburger in Little Canada. For all of her 42 years, she’s known the machines as penny ...

Scene on Main Street is a weekly series that gives you an on-the-street view of what's happening in downtown Staunton and ...