Topic - Brian Peters

“They’ll clean ’em so when they elongate the dino or shark of the printed coin it maintains a ghost image of the printed head of Lincoln,” said Brian Peters, general manager of Minnesota-based Penny Press Machine Co. “Pre-1982 copper pennies, they bring those.”

The penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. But for one sector of souvenir sellers, it's a living →

“It is clear Rep. John Thompson either defrauded Wisconsin and committed a crime in your state; or he violated Minnesota law and defrauded his ‘constituents’ here in Minnesota,” said union executive director Brian Peters in a Monday letter.

Rep. John Thompson, Minnesota Democrat, lands in political mire after racial-profiling allegation →