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LeAnn Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 06/12/2007 2:34 pm Searching something else and came across this: http://cgi.ebay.com/100-ELONGATED-C...KE_W0QQitemZ 220120010935QQihZ012QQcategoryZ3453QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting I wonder are they all elongated at the worlds fair or just various places? Also found large pictures of elongated coins from 1893 fair: http://www.1893columbianexpo.com/18...s_page1.html Sorry if this is the wrong place, but I think it goes with e-bay selling elongated cents. LeAnn Edited by LeAnn 06/12/2007 2:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff

biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 06/12/2007 3:11 pm Most of those elongates were made at a Six Flags amusement park somewhere. The others are just random elongates. The worlds fair part is a "restrike" of the first elongate used at the 1893 Chicago Worlds Fair(aka Columbian Exposition). I doubt if it is a real restrike though using the original die- more than likely they made a new die to make the "restrikes". Report this Post to the Staff
LeAnn Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 06/12/2007 3:39 pm Biokemist6: Did you read in the St.Louis Post Dispatch about the cache of 1893 coins? http://post-dispatch.readervalues.c...lumbian.aspx I seem to be finding a bunch about this expo lately. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 06/12/2007 4:34 pm Wow that is lame...nothing but hype and ridiculous prices($99 for an MS 1963 Franklin) Those Columbian halves are easy and inexpensive to find with a little circulation and the survival rate is actually quite high. What is getting hard to find are the higher grade ones (MS63+) that are blast white. That is definitely not what is depicted in the ad though. If you are interested in purchasing one, I could probably get one for you from my bid board for $10-15- I see them at least every other week. Edited by biokemist6 06/12/2007 4:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
LeAnn Valued Member United States 429 Posts	Posted 06/12/2007 5:25 pm No not interested in getting one yet, just found this stuff searching something else. LeAnn Report this Post to the Staff
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