Are There Any Elongated Cent Collectors Here

I have some, though I wouldn't consider myself a serious collector of them. I do enjoy making them when I go somewhere that has the machine though. I think they make great souvenirs.

You bet. TEC member #3501. Currently I have about 250 elongated copper & steel cents, dimes, quarters and blanks. My oldest is from the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. I Just can't pass up those darn machines without depositing my 51 cents. Many duplicates also.

Here's a site that gives the locations of all the penny machines by state and country. It gives location, has photos and tells where to find the machines. Have fun!

http://www.pennycollector.com/AreaList.aspx

Good Question

The website I mentioned earlier will tell you what denomination coin the machine uses. and whether it imprints on one side or two. So far I have only ran across the quarter machines in Vegas and a dime machine in Mackinaw City, MI.

TEC(The Elongated Collectors club) sends their members elongated coins several times a year and usually the TEC ones are on quarters.

When possible, use copper cents instead of copper-zinc. The pressed result is much nicer and much more desired from collectors if you want to sell or trade. I always grab a few rolls of inexpensive BU '74 cents when I go to the coin show to use for elongates. Another tip is to always face the obverse of the cent away from the quarters. That way the date will be visible on the reverse of the smashed cent.

There are several tourist spot in scotland that have those machine,

Have to pay or put a coin in the slot before the coin is elongated,

But their is a law that prohibits someones image in the coin to be defaced and why the machine is still there I'm comfused and Puzzled,

I really know someone who have a couple of those.

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Originally posted by scoutjim99

I bet it is illeagal here as well, but no one will enforce it.

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·Is it legal?

United States (YES): The United States Codes under Title 18, Chapter 17, and Section 331, "prohibits the mutilation, diminution and falsification of United States coinage." However, it has been the opinion of some individual officers at the Treasury Department, though without any indication of approval, the foregoing statute does not prohibit the mutiliation of coins if done without fraudulent intent or if the mutilated coins are not used fraudulently.

Canada (NO): Section 11(1) of the Currency Act states that "no person shall, except in accordance with a licence granted by the Minister [Minister of Finance], melt down, break up or use otherwise than as currency any coin that is current and legal tender in Canada." Furthermore, Section 456 of the Criminal Code of Canada makes it a criminal offence to deface circulation coins: "Every one who: (a)defaces a current coin, or (b)utters a current coin that has been defaced, is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction." The offence is not dependent on fraudulent intent.

United Kingdom (YES): It is also legal to elongate coins in the UK for the same reasons at it is legal in the US. A common misconception is that it is illegal to elongate the coin because it defaces the image of the queen, however, we have been assured by a collector in the UK that it is not against the law to flatten the Queen's head... so long as it is on a penny.