Secretly Incredibly Fascinating - BONUS SHOW 302: ”Three Of The Most Confusing Pennies In World History”

This is the bonus show for Episode 302! (Pressed Pennies)

Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and Jamie Loftus explore three bizarre "pennies" in the histories of Baltimore, Leeds, and the entire Anglo-North American currency tradition.

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• Whatever happened to the penny? A history of our one-cent coin. (Bank Of Canada Museum)
• “Hard Times Tokens” Were Not One Cent (JStor Daily)
• A Man Paid for a Bus Ride With A Mysterious Coin. It Was 2,000 Years Old. (Popular Mechanics)
• Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Credit Unions -- the bonus show for this episode is elsewhere in your bonus feed. Title: “BONUS SHOW 172: How Andrew Jackson Made U.S. Paper Currency Bonkers For Thirty Years”