us presidential coin freebies 1956-D cents

[samclab]

I got two presidential give way coins from my grandma. the two 1956-d wheat pennies ar surounded with a half inch alumanum(spelled rong) lining with "KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE" with a 4 leaf clover on the front and on the back, 1 coin says " I LIKE IKE" and the other says "STEVENSON KEFAUVER" I'm guess more people liked Ike.lol I have never see anything like these before and was just wondering if any one knew anything about them? thanks, sam.

[kuhli]

These are called "encased cents", and there are many, many varieties. The coin is pressed into the outer aluminum ring, which is stamped with advertising. There are a couple of "styles", one being the normal circular ring, and another being a horseshoe shape. The majority of them (both styles) will have the advertising/slogan on one side, while the other side often has the "keep me and never go broke" or "keep me for good luck" phrases. eBay (US) actually has a separate category for these things (encased coins).

[samclab]

thanks for the info! last night I tried to find them on ebay and couldn't find anything. I tried to look up every thing I could think up because I didn't know what they where called.lol thanks.