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New and Retired Machine – May

June 5, 2021 admin New & Retired Machines

5/03/2021 to 6/01/21 New Machines: States: AZ, Williams, Raptor Ranch 4 designs CA, Gilroy, Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park 2 machines (was Bonfante Gardens) (Re-opens on 5/22/21 after COVID closure) CA, Long Beach, Aquarium of the Pacific 6 machines (5/14/21: Re-opened after COVID Closure) CA, Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and Botanic Garden 4 designs CA, Yorba Linda, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum 1 machine (Re-opens 5/19/21 after COVID Closure) CO, Cortez, Mesa Verde National Park Visitor Center & Far View Terrace 2 four design machines 8 designs FL, St. Augustine, Buc-ees 4 designs KS,[…]

New and Retired Machines – April

May 4, 2021 admin New & Retired Machines

New Machines: States: AL, Foley, Buc-ees 4 designs AR, Bull Sholes, Bull Shoals-White River State Park 4 designs (From the James A. Gaston Visitor Center-Bull Shoals-White River State Park) AZ, Sedona, Cactus Carlos Best 4 designs (new machine 2, machine 1 retired) CA, Los Angeles, Exposition Park – California Science Center (Re-opened from COVID Restrictions) CA, Los Angeles – La Brea, George C. Page Museum, La Brea Tar Pits (Re-opened from COVID Restrictions) CA, Redlands, Paulson Orthodontics 4 designs IA, Dess Moines, Blank Park Zoo 12 designs (4- 4 design machines) (Re-opened from COVID Restrictions) IL, Vienna, Forman[…]

Maintenance Under Way

May 2, 2021 admin Uncategorized

We apologize for the inconvenience but maintenance is happening earlier than expected and areas of the site may not be accessible at this time. Please check back soon.

Site to be down for maintenance

April 25, 2021 admin Uncategorized

The site will be going down for maintenance over the next few weeks. May 1 the online store and online join/renew form will be removed. If you’re thinking about making purchases or need to renew be sure to do that now! May 7 the entire site will come down for updates. We hope to be back up ASAP once maintenance updates have been completed.

New and Retired Machines – March

April 3, 2021 admin New & Retired Machines

New Machines: States: AZ, Holbrook, Navajo County Historical Society 4 designs (Re-opened after COVID closure) CA, Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach Pier 4 designs (Near the gift shop) CA, Ojai, Treasures of Ojai 4 designs (Machine from the Kingston’s Candy Company) CA, Pismo Beach, Boardwalk Plaza – Hot Shots Billiards & Family Entertainment Center 4 designs (It’s Back!!!) FL, Daytona Beach, Buc-ee’s 4 designs (Opened Monday 3/22/21) FL, Miami, Hard Rock Café 4 designs GA, Fort Valley, Buc-ee’s Warner Robins Travel Center 4 designs HI, Volcano, Volcano House @ Hawaii Volcanoes National Park 4 designs MD, Baltimore, Hard Rock Café[…]

New and Retired Machines – February

March 5, 2021 admin New & Retired Machines

New Machines: States: AK, Anchorage, H2Oasis Indoor Waterpark 4 designs, (Nickel machine). CA, San Diego, Belmont Park Machine 2 – 4 designs (It’s back!) DE, Bethany Beach, Rhodes Five & Dime (It’s Back! Unknown what condition the press is or if the design has changed) GA, Sylvester, Worth County Chamber of Commerce 4 designs MI, Hickory Corners, Gilmore Car Museum 5 designs TN , Pigeon Forge, Crave Golf Club (Mini Golf) Foreign: Hong Kong, Lantau Island, Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car – Tung Chung Terminus (It’s Back!) Japan, Ise – Mie Prefecture, Ise Sea Paradise (Aquarium/ Sea Park) 3[…]

Yesterday’s Elongateds Project Update

February 5, 2021 admin Uncategorized

TEC BOOK UPDATE 2-5-21 The above linked PDF is a listing of the good photos that we have for the Yesterday’s Elongated Update Project TEC has been working on. If you have photos of any of the missing coins (from 1965 or earlier) please send them to pictures@tecnews.org for inclusion in the project. Please send one image per email. Send as high of a resolution as you can in an image form (JPG, JPEG, GIF, etc. Not a PDF) Please send any identification or other information you know about the coin as well. More detail can be found on the[…]

Yesterday’s Elongateds Project

January 17, 2021 admin Uncategorized

PHOTOs we have Listing 1-17-2021 The above linked PDF is a listing of the good photos that we have for the Yesterday’s Elongated Update Project TEC has been working on. If you have photos of any of the missing coins (from 1965 or earlier) please send them to pictures@tecnews.org for inclusion in the project. Please send one image per email. Send as high of a resolution as you can in an image form (JPG, JPEG, GIF, etc. Not a PDF) Please send any identification or other information you know about the coin as well. More detail can be found on[…]

New and Retired Machines – December

January 4, 2021 admin New & Retired Machines

12/01/2020 – 01/01/2021 New / Retired Machines:

2021 Design Contest

January 1, 2021 admin Uncategorized

It is time once again for the annual TEC Coin Design Contest. Again, this year we will be judging young numismatist entries separate from regular members entries and announcing a winner from each group! The coveted prize of seeing your design rolled on to a penny will be awarded to each group! Also, once again the contest entry form contains a few lines where you can add notes about your design that will be shared with the judges. The notes are completely optional, but sometimes participants incorporate creative elements or symbolic gestures into their design that they would like to[…]