FA: 1955/55 DDO Lincoln Cent PCGS MS-64 RD Oly..this one's for YOU

On Jul 5, 8:59 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:16:10 -0700, oly wrote:
Squished pennies aren't about profits (although the hobby has enjoyed
a resurgance for the past six or seven years).

I'm not familiar with this "squished penny" thing. Is this the same
thing as what is done by the machines at places like the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago? Or, is there more to it?

http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details...6d17-f5fe-46da...

--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

You are correct, it is like the product made by those machines at
popular tourist places.

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, you can make
elongated coins that are very very artistic. You can also process the
coins so the original coin is still clealy visible on the reverse.

Elongated coins have been made since the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
and the subject matter on elongated coins is almost unlimited.

There is a website that you can google for the national club, The
Elongated Collectors (TEC).

oly

note.boy wrote:

snip

My previous post appears to have gone unnoticed.

OLY IS A TROLL. DO NOT FEED THE TROLL. THANK YOU.

You would think that people would know better.

He's been in my kill file for some time now, he should be in everyone's.
Billy

In a group where everyone agrees, all but one are unnecessary...

Kill files, like the penny in question, are a matter of personal taste.
What everyone "should do" is what they wish.

As for people who would know better, most every time I pop in here to
read, someone is describing someone else who they have never met a
"moron" or some such because of their presentations on the eBay.

Personally, I'd rather be able to scan and skip inside a thread after
reading a post by someone who I normally would read. I hope that is OK
with you.


--

JMark

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:19:44 -0700, oly wrote:

On Jul 5, 8:59 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:16:10 -0700, oly wrote:
Squished pennies aren't about profits (although the hobby has enjoyed
a resurgance for the past six or seven years).

I'm not familiar with this "squished penny" thing. Is this the same
thing as what is done by the machines at places like the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago? Or, is there more to it?

http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details...6d17-f5fe-46da...

--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

You are correct, it is like the product made by those machines at
popular tourist places.

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, you can make
elongated coins that are very very artistic. You can also process the
coins so the original coin is still clealy visible on the reverse.


Elongated coins have been made since the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
and the subject matter on elongated coins is almost unlimited.

Is the hobby making the squished coins or collecting the squished
coins? Or both?

If the hobby is collecting squished coins, then are the collectibles
ones made by hobbyists or those *and* ones made by machines at tourist
attractions?

There is a website that you can google for the national club, The
Elongated Collectors (TEC).

This website doesn't answer my questions above.
http://www.tecnews.org/
--


Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
...

"oly" wrote in message
oups.com...

snip

Very good. But could TB be transmitted via dirty old copper coins?

[cough] Never in a [cough] [cough] million [hack] years. [wheeze]

I'm curious...did they make you remove your shoes before they allowed you on
the plane?

"Honus" . wrote in message
news:Hy7ji.8890$DM4.179@trndny06...

"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
...

"oly" wrote in message
oups.com...

snip

Very good. But could TB be transmitted via dirty old copper coins?

[cough] Never in a [cough] [cough] million [hack] years. [wheeze]

I'm curious...did they make you remove your shoes before they allowed you
on
the plane?

Not only that, but they made me take out all my large cents and remove them
from their 2x2s and then they put their grubby mitts all over them. There
were several that I had to net grade to Fair-2 as a result, with no
compensation.

James
'it was terrible'

On Jul 5, 9:47 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:19:44 -0700, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 8:59 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:16:10 -0700, oly wrote:
Squished pennies aren't about profits (although the hobby has enjoyed
a resurgance for the past six or seven years).

I'm not familiar with this "squished penny" thing. Is this the same
thing as what is done by the machines at places like the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago? Or, is there more to it?

http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details...6d17-f5fe-46da...

--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

You are correct, it is like the product made by those machines at
popular tourist places.

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, you can make
elongated coins that are very very artistic. You can also process the
coins so the original coin is still clealy visible on the reverse.
Elongated coins have been made since the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
and the subject matter on elongated coins is almost unlimited.

Is the hobby making the squished coins or collecting the squished
coins? Or both?

If the hobby is collecting squished coins, then are the collectibles
ones made by hobbyists or those *and* ones made by machines at tourist
attractions?

There is a website that you can google for the national club, The
Elongated Collectors (TEC).

This website doesn't answer my questions above.http://www.tecnews.org/
--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL- Hide quoted text -


Most EC hobbyists are simply collectors, of course. There are all
kinds of PERSONAL criteria - some people will only collect coins that
they have actually squished themselves while visiting a museum or
tourist attraction. Others collect everything oval, whether or not
they squished it themselves. There are colectors who range accross
everything in between.

There are a number of people who won't buy my coins because my
machines (all three of them) are not in a public venue. Considering
that I try to make the very best possible coins with the very best
quality engraving/designs, I am sometimes amused at that criteria.

Sometimes, the second or third or fourth time I see these people, they
finally buy five or ten dollars worth of stuff. Que sera sera, baby.

There are special vinyl collectors wallets to hold elongated coins
(IMHO, most of dicey usefulness for long term storage); there are
cardboard 2 by 2s for elongated cents, .
just as there are for round coins.

I am a serious EC roller and a casual EC collector too; but foremost a
roller.

Do you want to be a roller? You could probably get your own used
machine and some used generic dies ("Good Luck", "My Lucky Penny"
etc.) for around $1000.

If you want to start with a new machine and four dies of your own
design, budget $3500.

If you want a money making machine for your tourist site, in a wooden
or plastic case with a coin feed, budget at least $2000 used, $4500
new.

The king of elongated coins is an item called "The Pike" from the 1904
STL World's Fair. There are maybe fifteen examples known. If one
were to come up for auction, it might bring $5000 or so (too rich for
my taste). Mr. Raymond Dillard, the Grand Old Man of the EC hobby,
had one of his two examples stolen at the last ANA held in New York
City. Ouchie.

The rather serious squished penny collectors have been seperating from
mainstream U.S. numismatics for some time now (even Mr. Dillard will
(sadly) tell you this). It used to be that most elongated collectors
started as round coin collectors, but that is much less common today.

oly

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:25:40 -0700, oly wrote:

On Jul 5, 9:47 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:19:44 -0700, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 8:59 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:16:10 -0700, oly wrote:
Squished pennies aren't about profits (although the hobby has enjoyed
a resurgance for the past six or seven years).

I'm not familiar with this "squished penny" thing. Is this the same
thing as what is done by the machines at places like the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago? Or, is there more to it?

http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details...6d17-f5fe-46da...

You are correct, it is like the product made by those machines at
popular tourist places.

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, you can make
elongated coins that are very very artistic. You can also process the
coins so the original coin is still clealy visible on the reverse.
Elongated coins have been made since the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
and the subject matter on elongated coins is almost unlimited.

Is the hobby making the squished coins or collecting the squished
coins? Or both?

If the hobby is collecting squished coins, then are the collectibles
ones made by hobbyists or those *and* ones made by machines at tourist
attractions?

There is a website that you can google for the national club, The
Elongated Collectors (TEC).

This website doesn't answer my questions above.http://www.tecnews.org/
--
Most EC hobbyists are simply collectors, of course. There are all
kinds of PERSONAL criteria - some people will only collect coins that
they have actually squished themselves while visiting a museum or
tourist attraction. Others collect everything oval, whether or not
they squished it themselves. There are colectors who range accross
everything in between.

There are a number of people who won't buy my coins because my
machines (all three of them) are not in a public venue. Considering
that I try to make the very best possible coins with the very best
quality engraving/designs, I am sometimes amused at that criteria.

Sometimes, the second or third or fourth time I see these people, they
finally buy five or ten dollars worth of stuff. Que sera sera, baby.

There are special vinyl collectors wallets to hold elongated coins
(IMHO, most of dicey usefulness for long term storage); there are
cardboard 2 by 2s for elongated cents, .
just as there are for round coins.

I am a serious EC roller and a casual EC collector too; but foremost a
roller.

Do you want to be a roller? You could probably get your own used
machine and some used generic dies ("Good Luck", "My Lucky Penny"
etc.) for around $1000.

If you want to start with a new machine and four dies of your own
design, budget $3500.

If you want a money making machine for your tourist site, in a wooden
or plastic case with a coin feed, budget at least $2000 used, $4500
new.

The king of elongated coins is an item called "The Pike" from the 1904
STL World's Fair. There are maybe fifteen examples known. If one
were to come up for auction, it might bring $5000 or so (too rich for
my taste). Mr. Raymond Dillard, the Grand Old Man of the EC hobby,
had one of his two examples stolen at the last ANA held in New York
City. Ouchie.

The rather serious squished penny collectors have been seperating from
mainstream U.S. numismatics for some time now (even Mr. Dillard will
(sadly) tell you this). It used to be that most elongated collectors
started as round coin collectors, but that is much less common today.


Interesting. A hobby that I was not previously familiar with. Do you
have a website or images up of some of your rolled pennies?

I don't intend to buy any, or to buy a roller, but I would like to see
some better examples. And, I should point out, my lack of interest in
buying any isn't a denigration of the hobby. It's just "not my
thing".

It does seem to be a hobby that lends to trading. "Send me one from
your area, and I'll send you one from mine" type of thing. I made a
couple for my grandchildren recently at the Central Florida Zoo.





--


Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

On Jul 5, 12:51 pm, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:25:40 -0700, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 9:47 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:19:44 -0700, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 8:59 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:16:10 -0700, oly wrote:
Squished pennies aren't about profits (although the hobby has enjoyed
a resurgance for the past six or seven years).

I'm not familiar with this "squished penny" thing. Is this the same
thing as what is done by the machines at places like the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago? Or, is there more to it?

http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details...6d17-f5fe-46da...

You are correct, it is like the product made by those machines at
popular tourist places.

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, you can make
elongated coins that are very very artistic. You can also process the
coins so the original coin is still clealy visible on the reverse.
Elongated coins have been made since the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
and the subject matter on elongated coins is almost unlimited.

Is the hobby making the squished coins or collecting the squished
coins? Or both?

If the hobby is collecting squished coins, then are the collectibles
ones made by hobbyists or those *and* ones made by machines at tourist
attractions?

There is a website that you can google for the national club, The
Elongated Collectors (TEC).

This website doesn't answer my questions above.http://www.tecnews.org/
--
Most EC hobbyists are simply collectors, of course. There are all
kinds of PERSONAL criteria - some people will only collect coins that
they have actually squished themselves while visiting a museum or
tourist attraction. Others collect everything oval, whether or not
they squished it themselves. There are colectors who range accross
everything in between.

There are a number of people who won't buy my coins because my
machines (all three of them) are not in a public venue. Considering
that I try to make the very best possible coins with the very best
quality engraving/designs, I am sometimes amused at that criteria.

Sometimes, the second or third or fourth time I see these people, they
finally buy five or ten dollars worth of stuff. Que sera sera, baby.

There are special vinyl collectors wallets to hold elongated coins
(IMHO, most of dicey usefulness for long term storage); there are
cardboard 2 by 2s for elongated cents, .
just as there are for round coins.

I am a serious EC roller and a casual EC collector too; but foremost a
roller.

Do you want to be a roller? You could probably get your own used
machine and some used generic dies ("Good Luck", "My Lucky Penny"
etc.) for around $1000.

If you want to start with a new machine and four dies of your own
design, budget $3500.

If you want a money making machine for your tourist site, in a wooden
or plastic case with a coin feed, budget at least $2000 used, $4500
new.

The king of elongated coins is an item called "The Pike" from the 1904
STL World's Fair. There are maybe fifteen examples known. If one
were to come up for auction, it might bring $5000 or so (too rich for
my taste). Mr. Raymond Dillard, the Grand Old Man of the EC hobby,
had one of his two examples stolen at the last ANA held in New York
City. Ouchie.

The rather serious squished penny collectors have been seperating from
mainstream U.S. numismatics for some time now (even Mr. Dillard will
(sadly) tell you this). It used to be that most elongated collectors
started as round coin collectors, but that is much less common today.

Interesting. A hobby that I was not previously familiar with. Do you
have a website or images up of some of your rolled pennies?

I don't intend to buy any, or to buy a roller, but I would like to see
some better examples. And, I should point out, my lack of interest in
buying any isn't a denigration of the hobby. It's just "not my
thing".

It does seem to be a hobby that lends to trading. "Send me one from
your area, and I'll send you one from mine" type of thing. I made a
couple for my grandchildren recently at the Central Florida Zoo.

--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll have to look for someplace to direct you to, photowise.

Yes, it is a hobby that lends itself to trading and we have some
decent swap meets in STL and Indianapolis once a year. I'm always
glad to swap and would be glad to send some samples for your
grandchildre, swap or gratis, if you send me your address via e-mail
(pls don't post it here!).

oly

On Jul 5, 1:01 pm, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 12:51 pm, tony cooper wrote:





On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:25:40 -0700, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 9:47 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:19:44 -0700, oly wrote:
On Jul 5, 8:59 am, tony cooper wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:16:10 -0700, oly wrote:
Squished pennies aren't about profits (although the hobby has enjoyed
a resurgance for the past six or seven years).

I'm not familiar with this "squished penny" thing. Is this the same
thing as what is done by the machines at places like the Museum of
Science and Industry in Chicago? Or, is there more to it?

http://www.waymarking.com/wm/details...6d17-f5fe-46da...

You are correct, it is like the product made by those machines at
popular tourist places.

Depending on how much effort you want to put into it, you can make
elongated coins that are very very artistic. You can also process the
coins so the original coin is still clealy visible on the reverse.
Elongated coins have been made since the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
and the subject matter on elongated coins is almost unlimited.

Is the hobby making the squished coins or collecting the squished
coins? Or both?

If the hobby is collecting squished coins, then are the collectibles
ones made by hobbyists or those *and* ones made by machines at tourist
attractions?

There is a website that you can google for the national club, The
Elongated Collectors (TEC).

This website doesn't answer my questions above.http://www.tecnews.org/
--
Most EC hobbyists are simply collectors, of course. There are all
kinds of PERSONAL criteria - some people will only collect coins that
they have actually squished themselves while visiting a museum or
tourist attraction. Others collect everything oval, whether or not
they squished it themselves. There are colectors who range accross
everything in between.

There are a number of people who won't buy my coins because my
machines (all three of them) are not in a public venue. Considering
that I try to make the very best possible coins with the very best
quality engraving/designs, I am sometimes amused at that criteria.

Sometimes, the second or third or fourth time I see these people, they
finally buy five or ten dollars worth of stuff. Que sera sera, baby.

There are special vinyl collectors wallets to hold elongated coins
(IMHO, most of dicey usefulness for long term storage); there are
cardboard 2 by 2s for elongated cents, .
just as there are for round coins.

I am a serious EC roller and a casual EC collector too; but foremost a
roller.

Do you want to be a roller? You could probably get your own used
machine and some used generic dies ("Good Luck", "My Lucky Penny"
etc.) for around $1000.

If you want to start with a new machine and four dies of your own
design, budget $3500.

If you want a money making machine for your tourist site, in a wooden
or plastic case with a coin feed, budget at least $2000 used, $4500
new.

The king of elongated coins is an item called "The Pike" from the 1904
STL World's Fair. There are maybe fifteen examples known. If one
were to come up for auction, it might bring $5000 or so (too rich for
my taste). Mr. Raymond Dillard, the Grand Old Man of the EC hobby,
had one of his two examples stolen at the last ANA held in New York
City. Ouchie.

The rather serious squished penny collectors have been seperating from
mainstream U.S. numismatics for some time now (even Mr. Dillard will
(sadly) tell you this). It used to be that most elongated collectors
started as round coin collectors, but that is much less common today.

Interesting. A hobby that I was not previously familiar with. Do you
have a website or images up of some of your rolled pennies?

I don't intend to buy any, or to buy a roller, but I would like to see
some better examples. And, I should point out, my lack of interest in
buying any isn't a denigration of the hobby. It's just "not my
thing".

It does seem to be a hobby that lends to trading. "Send me one from
your area, and I'll send you one from mine" type of thing. I made a
couple for my grandchildren recently at the Central Florida Zoo.

--

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'll have to look for someplace to direct you to, photowise.

Yes, it is a hobby that lends itself to trading and we have some
decent swap meets in STL and Indianapolis once a year. I'm always
glad to swap and would be glad to send some samples for your
grandchildre, swap or gratis, if you send me your address via e-mail
(pls don't post it here!).

oly- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

To the group: what is a good web-hosting site for photos with enough
security that I won't get hacked and somebody will put up a picture of
a burro instead of my elongateds?

oly
---------
hee haw

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:09:37 -0700, oly wrote:

To the group: what is a good web-hosting site for photos with enough
security that I won't get hacked and somebody will put up a picture of
a burro instead of my elongateds?

Free or commercial?

http://www.startlogic.com has been very good to me. It has very
decent pricing and very good security. Not free, however.

--
Bob Hairgrove