Any elongated collectors here

rage88

I am just starting to get into some of the elongateds and am curious if there are any others here.

StopMotion

Here is a cool post on elongated coins!
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jabba

I just jumped in head first my self
Host coin is a 1885 Liberty Nickel
listed in the Martin-Dow catalog as Ill-WCE-4 with four stars


Host coin was a 1860 1C
listed in the Martin-Dow catalog as Ill-WCE-2


Host coin was a 1911S 1C
listed in the Martin-Dow catalog as CAL-PPIE-2

bfjohnson

I paid 50 cents to turn my lincoln cent into an elongated giraffe today at the zoo and it was well worth it.

rage88

I seen those WCE elgongates on ebay. Those are really great peices. Glad they went to a board member.

tmot99

Yes, I have an extensive WCE elongate collection. www.1893columbianexpo.com

shirohniichan

I just bought 30 pre-1982 cents out of a manager's desk drawer today in preparation for a trip to Sequoia-King Canyon National Park. There are supposed to be 5 penny stretching machines up there with 4 different designs each, so my 8-year old will have a field day cranking them out. Out of the 60 to 70 cents in the drawer, only 4 were wheats. There's a 1919 in VG-F that may escape the rack, a 1945-S with VF details and a wicked rim nick, a 1946-D in F, and a grungy 1949-S in VF. Unfortunately, there were no 1926-S cents in MS65RD+.

Maybe it 100 years they'll be worth $1 each or more.

CarlWohlforth

My daughter likes to make them and saves them as souviners of places we visit. She only wants them if she was there and made it herself.

fastrudy

I was an elongated collector,

but I got better!

copperfan

I have afew my family and I have made at various attractions. The zoo in Brevard Co. Fl. Pocono's mt in Pa, and afew others. Ill see if I can dig them out and get some pics to share.

robkool

There always nice to collect, especially those 90% silver dime, quarter, & halves...

amiller

I only collect these as souvenirs of places/events I have been to. Since most souvenir shops are full of marked-up junk, this is a cheap alternative.

How does everyone store their collection? I use the elongated 2x2's with a Dansco 7000.

tmot99

<< <i>I only collect these as souvenirs of places/events I have been to. Since most souvenir shops are full of marked-up junk, this is a cheap alternative.

How does everyone store their collection? I use the elongated 2x2's with a Dansco 7000. >>



I had my Columbian Expo elongates slabbed.

RichieURich

Wouldn't Forum Member "Tootawl" be considered an "elongated collector"?

ArizonaJack

I collect anything that says Detroit and have a bunch of elongated Lincolns from various Detroit functions and places. A Detroit Tiger / St Louis Cards 1934 World Series just sold on Ebay yesterday for big bucks !!

SLQ

<< <i>My daughter likes to make them and saves them as souviners of places we visit. She only wants them if she was there and made it herself. >>



My kids do the same thing every where we find these machines on vacation. I always pack some new pennies and a roll of quarters just for this purpose.

shirohniichan

<< <i>There always nice to collect, especially those 90% silver dime, quarter, & halves... >>



I brought some junk 90% Roosies on a trip when I knew there was going to be a dime stretching machine at one of our stops. Oops, is "junk Roosie" a redundant term?

BECOKA

We have a couple of binders for these. It's amazing how many machines are out there. I think it was Marine world we just kept running in to them and each machine had 4 or 5 different designs.

AJ2525

I like elongates!

I have quite a few from Disneyland and other places I have visited.