PENNYBANDZ: WEAR YOUR SOUVENIR ELONGATED CENT

Innovation is alive in the coin field.

Native Texan Albert Guerro found a niche in the numismatic field and built a viable business with elongated cents. Or pressed pennies or smashed coins or whatever you wish to call them.

On a trip to Colorado, after his son had gathered half a dozen elongated cents, he wondered what to do with them now. Inspired he came up with the idea of a bracelet to contain one of the oval-shaped bronze souvenir discs.

Development came slowly until he found a material the bracelets could be made of, a rubbery-like silicone. Also this could be made in different colors. He paid for molds and made some samples. He was delighted an elongated cent fit perfectly well in the opening on top of the bracelet. It could be removed when a different specimen was selected to be shown. This was in the Fall of 2010 and his patent was granted in February 2011,

He placed an announcement on Facebook and sold enough to continue. He created a trademark of four overlapping ovals, and a brand name, Pennybandz, Ideas for a necklace and keytags prove successful as well. What else could he supply the elongated collector,? Albums to hold growing collections. He also sells a guitar pick under a different band name, Pickbandz.

Albert markets his wearable elongated cent products on Facebook, the internet and has an exclusive distributorship with CTM Group, The Penny Man, the firm that installs the rolling machines that you see everywhere\ Their rolling machine kiosks are in nearly 1,000 locations across America, national parks, museums, tourist attractions, amusement parks and such.

For more information on Albert’s products see:
http://pennybandz.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html

Making Memories....Why Pennybandz?
We used to joke that we had enough money in pressed pennies to send our kids to college. We have always loved pressing a penny while on vacation or just a local outing. What a great and inexpensive way to remember the day. When we returned home however, the penny ended up in the bottom of a drawer. We wanted a way to show off the penny and keep the happy memories of our adventure going. Even more, we wanted a way to spark conversation about where we had been. Pennybandz is the answer. Live the Adventure…Press on!

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