Calling all you Sherlocks out there,
this penny of mystery is a real stretch! Truthfully, this one had
us stumped for a while. Luckily the proud donor, Veronica, let us
in on a few secrets, so we thought we would share a little about
it.
Well, for starters, it's not really a
penny at all, and it never was. Although you probably could tell
that without calling back to Scotland Yard. This mystery began its
life as a quarter, probably passing through many a soda machine,
and maybe it even bought a squished penny or two in its life. But
somehow, tragedy struck.
Now this copper and silver sandwich looks more like two bottle caps
glued together. The center is still a disk with ol' George's face,
but now it is only about the size of a nickel; deflation is a terrible
thing. And the sides have been turned up to make a rim about 1/4 inch
in height. This rim is so thick the coin can almost balance on its
side. So gang, call up your favorite bloodhound and sniff out the
trail of the tangled two-bits. Let us know what you super sleuths
find—happy clue hunting! If you have a hunch about this Penny
of Mystery, e-mail us! spm@squished.com
 This
oddly-squished penny came to us taped to a postcard from the fellow
mystery-minded UFO Museum in Portland, Oregon. It's a hybrid coin-cum-office
supply, as it is permanently smeared with its squished buddy, the
paper clip. The museum afforded us a brief description of the events
surrounding this cosmic union: "A guy told us that aliens fused
the penny and paper clip using a powerful laser! His name was Bob
Smith from Salt Lake City. Bob spelled backward is also boB!"
But what we want to know is why? Are
aliens as into squished pennies as humans are? Are there machines
at the tourist traps on Mars where you put in a penny and a paper
clip and watch them get fused? Submit your explanation of the reason
behind of our squished friend, permanently siamesed to his silver-coated
metal-mate. Please explain to us mere mortals the metallurgic miracle
that maligned our malleable minted money. Send us your thoughts
on this stumper: e-mail us! spm@squished.com
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