Any elongated cent collectors? 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair

savoyspecial · March 1, 2011 4:24PM

LotsoLuck · March 1, 2011 4:26PM

atarian · March 1, 2011 4:27PM

My rubber chicken would like to make a meal out of that if the price was right

savoyspecial · March 1, 2011 10:15PM

i cant remember my Heritage password to view closed lot hammer prices.......can anyone tell me what this one (similar to mine) sold for? thanks

llafoe · March 1, 2011 10:24PM

$39

lkeigwin · March 1, 2011 10:35PM

> Any elongated cent collectors?

I am kinda tall.

I can't remember what became of the few I had thirty years ago. Probably will never replace them.
Lance.

jonathanb · March 2, 2011 12:46AM

I just sent a batch of nearly 400 elongates to Stack's. They will be in the beginning-of-May Coin Galleries sale, most likely sold in large groups. There are 17 pieces (12 different) from the St. Louis World's Fair, plus lots and lots of others.

There's also a category on eBay dedicated to elongates.

ThePennyLady · March 2, 2011 12:56AM

I only have this one....

RB1026 · March 2, 2011 1:56AM

WOW are those cool! I'm a lifer here in STL and have a plate my great grandmother bought at the Fair hanging on my wall. That was a really significant Fair historically as well as numismatically speaking. Thanks for posting, now I am going hunting for one

Roger

FilthyBroke · March 2, 2011 4:51AM

Man, you're making me wish I hadn't sold off my collection a while back. Seems like those were going for around twenty bucks on Ebay back a couple of years ago. The coolness factor is worth much more though. I still have some info on it available from Yesterday's Elongates if you need it.

ScarsdaleCoin · March 2, 2011 5:10AM

Interesting I was down in MD this past week and saw a machine... they have gotten away from using the word "elongated" on the machines and now are using the more hip term "squashed" cent!

PerryHall · March 2, 2011 5:26AM

I imagine those elongated cents were made with Mint State cents since they are dated the same year as the worlds fair.

MRK · March 2, 2011 12:51PM

Nice elongates everyone. I like to collect the ones from the Columbian Exposition. Board member tmot99 has a site with an amazing collection at www.1893columbianexpo.com

savoyspecial · March 2, 2011 12:53PM

>>I imagine those elongated cents were made with Mint State cents since they are dated the same year as the worlds fair>>

the host coin was at least AU in my opinion......4 diamonds and all letters of LIBERTY are very strong

magikbilly · March 2, 2011 12:58PM

Hi,

Neat!! As far as being made at the Fair, almost certainly. 1939 NYWF is my area - there were 50 stands or booths there that did "penny crushing" run by "Frank Galland's Penny Crushers" and they all have a variety of designs both general and exhibit-specific. I am STILL looking for a "stretched" Mercury dime from 1939. Would such a coin of different metal be "stretchable"?

Best wishes,
Eric

savoyspecial · March 2, 2011 1:09PM

>>Would such a coin of different metal be "stretchable"?>>

yes, i have seen silver dime elongates

Quarternut · March 2, 2011 1:10PM

I have one from the 1939 WF...

QN

savoyspecial · March 2, 2011 1:21PM

QN, you won this round

magikbilly · March 2, 2011 1:21PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is amazing! Usually, even with the softer copper I am not used to seeing so much of the original coin design remain. But I really collect Kodachrome slides from 1939, not the elongates, so I have not seen as much as you guys. Thanks so very much!!!!!!

Best wishes,
Eric

MRK · March 2, 2011 1:28PM

<< <i>Hi,

Neat!! As far as being made at the Fair, almost certainly. 1939 NYWF is my area - there were 50 stands or booths there that did "penny crushing" run by "Frank Galland's Penny Crushers" and they all have a variety of designs both general and exhibit-specific. I am STILL looking for a "stretched" Mercury dime from 1939. Would such a coin of different metal be "stretchable"?

Best wishes,
Eric >>

Yes, silver coinage is absolutely stretchable. I do have many denominations of coins in silver from the Columbian Expo. But, I'm not familiar with the machines of the 1939 fair. Is it possible that the mechanics of the machine wouldn't allow a dime to be stretched? Are there any other denominations of coins stretched from this fair? Kind of like putting a dime in a video game that requires quarters and it just falls down to the return chute.

magikbilly · March 2, 2011 1:32PM

<< <i>

<< <i>Hi,

Neat!! As far as being made at the Fair, almost certainly. 1939 NYWF is my area - there were 50 stands or booths there that did "penny crushing" run by "Frank Galland's Penny Crushers" and they all have a variety of designs both general and exhibit-specific. I am STILL looking for a "stretched" Mercury dime from 1939. Would such a coin of different metal be "stretchable"?

Best wishes,
Eric >>

Yes, silver coinage is absolutely stretchable. I do have many denominations of coins in silver from the Columbian Expo. But, I'm not familiar with the machines of the 1939 fair. Is it possible that the mechanics of the machine wouldn't allow a dime to be stretched? Are there any other denominations of coins stretched from this fair? Kind of like putting a dime in a video game that requires quarters and it just falls down to the return chute. >>

Hi,

Well, I have been collecting 1939 for 22 years and have not seen anything beyond copper, inc Indians - those I have seen of course. It is thought these machines and the "dies" were not destroyed like their Mint counterparts, and some oddities are not original as in from the Fair grounds. I have no reason to doubt the previous post though.

Best,
Eric

MRK · March 2, 2011 1:46PM

Amazing coin Quarternut! Well, that answers the question I just had about whether the machines were capable of pressing other sizes of host coins. Now that we know larger coins were capable of being host coins, it would be interesting to see if there's any examples out there smaller than a penny such as a dime.

savoyspecial · March 2, 2011 1:51PM

>>Now that we know larger coins were capable of being host coins, it would be interesting to see if there's any examples out there smaller than a penny such as a dime.>>

A Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals (Whitman, 2008 Jaeger/Bowers) pictures a 3 cent silver host coin that received 1893 Columbian Expo treatment

HoledandCreative · March 2, 2011 3:33PM

PerryHall · March 2, 2011 4:20PM

<< <i>>>Would such a coin of different metal be "stretchable"?>>

yes, i have seen silver dime elongates >>

I saw a modern elongated that was a raffle prize a few years ago that was made using a Liberty $5 gold coin that was donated by a local B&M coin dealer. I don't remember the event/design but I would guess that the donated half eagle was a counterfeit made of real gold that the dealer was stuck with from a purchase from a previous walk-in customer. I would hate to think a real half eagle was destroyed to make it. It was neat in any event.

Any elongated cent collectors? 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair

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