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Comments:	They just finished a renovation and there is a machine inside the lobby just outside the gift shop. There is no fee to go thru the theater. It is run by the National Park System. When i was there in March 2009 there is also a special bicentennial penny you can buy in the gift shop. You can not press that penny in the machine.<p> Machine 1. All pennies imprinted with "Ford's Theater where Lincoln's legacy lives" on the back of each design. The four pennies are:<br> 1) A Lincoln signature and "one country, one destiny"<br> 2) The Ford Theater building<br> 3) The presidential box where he was shot<br> 4) Bust of Lincoln<p> RETIRED: Penny pre=pressed in gift shop on new shiny pennies that flaked (not pre 1981 pennies) image is of Lincoln in front of flag. It says Lincoln Bicentennial 1809-2009. Imprint on back as well.<p> Machine 2, 51c each. The backs of all the pennies are the same as in Machine 1. <br> Image 1: "The Road to the White House" with a picture of the back of the train car that carried President Lincoln to the with the President greeting well-wishers.<br> Image 2: A presidential seal . Top banner reads "Abraham Lincoln" and bottom banner reads 16th President<br> Image 3: Has an image of the White House and above it reads "Abraham Lincoln", below the image it reads "The White House 1861-1865"<br> Image 4: The image appears to be a clean shaven portrait of Lincoln. Above the image the banner reads "One Country One Destiny"<p> We visited Ford's Theatre as the staff was setting up the machine and cleaning it from packing materials. They said that our son was the first to buy pennies from the machine. The machine is located next to the ticket booth toward the front of the ticket office. It is next to the stairway<p> The pre-pressed pennies are sold-out. 3 Oct 09 Both machines pressing very thin and long. Both machines in the lobby. The machine closest to the door is missing the red arrow to line up the wheel. Not a problem for the penny pros but I saw quite a few people get mystery pressings.
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Ford's Theater

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511 10th street NW between E and F streets
Washington, DC

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They just finished a renovation and there is a machine inside the lobby just outside the gift shop. There is no fee to go thru the theater. It is run by the National Park System. When i was there in March 2009 there is also a special bicentennial penny you can buy in the gift shop. You can not press that penny in the machine.

Machine 1. All pennies imprinted with "Ford's Theater where Lincoln's legacy lives" on the back of each design. The four pennies are:
1) A Lincoln signature and "one country, one destiny"
2) The Ford Theater building
3) The presidential box where he was shot
4) Bust of Lincoln

RETIRED: Penny pre=pressed in gift shop on new shiny pennies that flaked (not pre 1981 pennies) image is of Lincoln in front of flag. It says Lincoln Bicentennial 1809-2009. Imprint on back as well.

Machine 2, 51c each. The backs of all the pennies are the same as in Machine 1.
Image 1: "The Road to the White House" with a picture of the back of the train car that carried President Lincoln to the with the President greeting well-wishers.
Image 2: A presidential seal . Top banner reads "Abraham Lincoln" and bottom banner reads 16th President
Image 3: Has an image of the White House and above it reads "Abraham Lincoln", below the image it reads "The White House 1861-1865"
Image 4: The image appears to be a clean shaven portrait of Lincoln. Above the image the banner reads "One Country One Destiny"

We visited Ford's Theatre as the staff was setting up the machine and cleaning it from packing materials. They said that our son was the first to buy pennies from the machine. The machine is located next to the ticket booth toward the front of the ticket office. It is next to the stairway

The pre-pressed pennies are sold-out. 3 Oct 09 Both machines pressing very thin and long. Both machines in the lobby. The machine closest to the door is missing the red arrow to line up the wheel. Not a problem for the penny pros but I saw quite a few people get mystery pressings.

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Machine 1

Machine 2