Today (April 8th, 2024) is Total Solar Eclipse Day. For those of you in the total eclipse area enjoy and be careful with your eyes. Here in Florida we are only going to have a partial Eclipse but will no less be a fun experience.

Being this is such a unique event that doesn’t come around very often it’s only fitting that we should showcase a special elongated coin. Above is an “Ohio” edition of designer and collector Rob Gilger’s Total solar Eclipse Penny. With a nice image of the United States, and the total eclipse area this design immediately caught my attention. Quick side note, this is usually a full pressed penny I just photoshopped the little dark “eclipsed” part on the lower left side for the photo.

If you are interested in commemorating today’s event you can contact Rob Gilger through the Pressed Penny Collectors Facebook Group that I have linked here.

The next Total Solar Eclipse is scheduled for August 23, 2044. I’ll be curious to see what elongated coin design is available for that one, or maybe by then we will be pressing digital currency instead.

Keep on Pressing!