Picked up a bunch of elongated coins today!

SiriusBlack

I don't post them much, but I have a collection of over 100 elongated coins mostly that I've pressed myself on vacations. Today I bought a bunch of vintage ones including a cool 1889 Morgan dollar with the lords prayer on it! As far as I know, that die is from much later but I still think it's fun! The Olympics one that is only half pressed is actually on an Indian Cent.

I'm a member of The Elongated Collectors, but I don't have the Yesterday's Elongated's book to look any of these up so I guess that's next on my list.

Dug13

Nice addition to your collection. Never knew about silver dollars being used. Thanks for sharing.

JBK

Here's some trivia: (as far as I know) elongated coins were first made at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1892.

I am not sure how fast they caught on, so your 1932 Olympics coin is probably considered to be a fairly early example.

bsshog40

Pretty cool! I've never seen anything other then cents elongated. Nice collection!

ms70

Now those are cool. I never knew until now that Morgans were pressed! I wonder how much work it was to crank that out?

BLUEJAYWAY

Like the Olympic ones.

robec

Very cool!

ricko

Interesting collection.... did not realize that elongated coins were a collecting focus.... Of course, if it exists, someone, somewhere collects it.... That is the first elongated silver dollar I have seen...Cheers, RickO

SiriusBlack

The silver dollars aren’t as common for sure. There have been two at the coin shop I go to for as long as I’ve been going, not for sale. Yesterday they finally decided they’d sell me one of them since I was buying a lot of other elongateds!

There were a couple Lincoln Cent ones from a coin show too. Sponsored by The Numismatic Council of Orange County. The 2nd Annual in 1969 and 3rd Annual in 1970!

1Mike1

That silver dollar is cool. Any indication what year it was elongated?

jrrgd

me and my daughter have been pressing pennies for over 30 years and have introduced our little hobby to my granddaughter…we have over 100 of em

SiriusBlack

@1Mike1 I’m not sure yet. I know I saw a photo of the Lord’s Prayer in various sizes with the same border and I read a comment somewhere that there are a couple dies used, but I haven’t located anything discussing when. You could use any host coin you want really depending on the size of the die and press so someone could use a Morgan as easily as they could use an Eisenhower I’d think, so the coin itself isn’t really an indication.

There are a couple people here that are much more knowledgeable than me about elongateds so hopefully one of them will chime in. I really need to buy the book on them, then I’ll be able to track down more info. I really want some Columbian Exposition versions since I love all things from the Exposition but it’s my understanding some of the dies or presses existed long after the Exposition so you have to know which die was used to confirm it was actually made at the exposition and not 30 or 40 years later.

ECHOES

Very Cool!😺

SiriusBlack

@jrrgd That’s awesome! I travel to the Midwest with my mom to visit my cousins most years and they all know I like the presses, so they keep a look out for me when we’re sight seeing!

1Mike1

@jrrgd said:

me and my daughter have been pressing pennies for over 30 years and have introduced our little hobby to my granddaughter…we have over 100 of em

I like the way you display them.

jrrgd

@SiriusBlack said:
@jrrgd That’s awesome! I travel to the Midwest with my mom to visit my cousins most years and they all know I like the presses, so they keep a look out for me when we’re sight seeing!

Thx! our rule is: It's your duty to press a penny whenever you pass a machine. No excuses.

tokenpro

The Elongated Collectors (TEC) has been around for a long time - they always have a club table at the regular ANA convention and often at regional conventions as well. Most any coin can be elongated (but beware of open dies). Here's a link to their web site: http://www.tecnews.org/

SiriusBlack

@tokenpro I joined earlier this year!

For open dies, that means they aren’t retired or destroyed right? As in if they die still exists, it could have been used in 1927 on a 1927 Lincoln cent, or it could have been used yesterday on a 1927 Lincoln Cent?

tokenpro

Correct. Several of the Columbian Exposition dies (2d - 4a - maybe 5a) are considered open as well as a number of other early dies. The Los Angeles Olympics discus thrower (CALl.a-2) has been long suspected of being open -- there are many, many errors & partial rolls known of that piece.

SiriusBlack

@tokenpro All the more reason to pick up Yesterday’s Elongated I think! I know the Olympics ones had been in the coin shop for decades, but even if they’ve been there since it opened in the mid 60’s that’s still 30-40 years after the Olympic so who knows. One is on an Indian cent but again that means nothing really.