Any elongated collectors here

rage88 · September 29, 2007 11:20AM

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

StopMotion · September 29, 2007 11:22AM

Here is a cool post on elongated coins!
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jabba · September 29, 2007 11:34AM

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 · September 29, 2007 11:52AM

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

rage88 · September 29, 2007 10:35PM

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

tmot99 · September 29, 2007 11:31PM

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

shirohniichan · April 3, 2008 7:39AM

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 · April 3, 2008 7:43AM

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 · April 3, 2008 7:47AM

I was an elongated collector,

but I got better!

copperfan · April 3, 2008 7:51AM

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 · April 3, 2008 8:15AM

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

amiller · April 3, 2008 8:17AM

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 · April 3, 2008 8:32AM

<< <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 · April 3, 2008 8:47AM

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

ArizonaJack · April 3, 2008 9:06AM

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 · April 3, 2008 10:08AM

<< <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 · April 3, 2008 10:23AM

<< <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 · April 3, 2008 10:34AM

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 · April 3, 2008 1:22PM

I like elongates!

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

Any elongated collectors here

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