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New Machines:
States:
1) CA, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier – Bait-Tackle new 4 design machine
(Other machine still here)
2) FL, Delray, The Girls Strawberry U-pick 1 design (It’s Back/ Been gone since
2021)
3) FL, Orlando, Disney’s Character Warehouse Gift Shop Token machine 2 is
back 4 designs (Penny machine and Token machine 1 are gone)
4) MO, Pacific, Red Cedar Inn 4 designs
5) MS, Brooklyn, Keith Superstore 4 designs
6) NM, Pacos, Pecos National Historic Park 1 design (Pre pressed for sale for
$7.99 each)
7) NV, Laughlin, Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino 4 designs (It’s back)
8) UT, Riverdale, Hill Aerospace Museum three 4 design machines added
(Machines 1, 2 & 3 are retired)
9) VA, Staunton, Made: By the People, For the People 4 designs
10) Washington DC, The Penny Café 4 penny designs, Unknown number of
Medallions.

Foreign:
1) Australia, Vic – Werribee, Werribee Open Range Zoo two 4 design machines
added
2) England, North Yorkshire, – York, Yorkshire Museum 4 designs
3) England, West Yorkshire – Leeds, Emmerdale Village Tour 4 designs
4) France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes – Anglards-de-Saint-Flour – Garabit Hô
5) France, Auvergne-Rhone-Alps – Vaulx-en-Velin, Lyon, Mini World Lions 3
euro designs, 1 token, 1 Memoeuro
6) France, Beaune, Cité des Climats et Vins de Bourgogne 3 Euro designs, 1
Medallion
7) France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comte – Romanèche-Thorins, Touroparc Zoo
two Euro & Memoeuro machines
8) France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte – Alise-Sainte-Reine Statue de
Vercingétorix 2 euro designs, 1 Medallion design
9) France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte – Étalans, Gouffe de Poudrey (Poudrey
Chasm) 1 design
10) France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte – Étalans, Parc Dino Zoo 3
designs
11) France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte – Rogny-les-Sept-Écluses, Les 7
Écluses de Rogny (The 7 Locks of Rogny) 3 euro designs, 1 token
12) France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte – Sans, La Civette Tobacco Shop
one Eurocent machine
13) France, Brittany – Dinard, Alfred Hitchcock Statue 2 designs
14) France, Brittany – Ile de Bréhat, Hôtel Restaurant Bellevue 2 designs
15) France, Brittany – Paimpont, Au Pays de Merlin gift shop (In the Land
of Merlin) 1 designs
16) Italy, Napoli, Kiosk near Funicolare Montesanto 3 designs
17) Spain, Arucas, Gran Canaria, Church of John the Baptist 3 designs
18) Taiwan, Taipei, The Grand Hotel 5 designs
19) Taiwan, Yilan, Kavalan Distillery 4 designs

Retired Machines:
States
1) CA, Morro Bay, Beachfront Kites & Surrey’s and More
2) CA, Signal Hill, Long Beach Antique Mall II
3) FL, Miami, Norwegian Cruise Line ‘Spirit’ (Cruise ship)
4) FL, Orlando, Universal Studios CityWalk – Universal Legacy Store/ Tribute
Store (Replaced by the Epic Universe Preview Center/ No machine here)
5) LA, Bossier City, Louisiana Boardwalk – Fuddruckers
6) MI, Mackinaw City, Mackinaw Crossings Mall – MackinAxe0
7) NC, Raleigh, Lowes Foods (Mobile machine!!)
8) NH, West Ossipee, Westward Shores Cottages & Resort
9) NJ, Woodbridge, Woodbridge Aquarium & Wildlife (Was ‘SeaQuest
Woodbridge’)
10) NV, Las Vegas, Caesars Palace Forum Shops – Welcome to Las Vegas
Store
11) NV, Laughlin, Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino
12) NY, New York City (Manhattan), Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
13) SC, Hunting Island, Hunting Island State Park

Foreign:
1) Canada, Ontario – Niagara Falls, Ripley’s Believe It or Not
2) France, CentreVal de Loire – St Aignan, ZooParc de Beauval
3) Romania, Sapanta, The Merry Cemetery

Hey, our club is turning 60 this year! And, as some of us can attest, with age comes a need for flexibility. Instead of sending newsletters in January, April, July, and October, which means scrambling at major holidays and fiscal quarter ends, we will be sending newsletters in February, May, August, and November.

Check out all the fun TEC Board and Members had at the World’s Fair of Money in Oklahoma!

2025 World’s Fair of Money

Please note:  Those of you that ordered WFOM 2025 Pre-Order items:

The WFOM has concluded and our board members are heading back home.  The store inventory is on its way to Uni, our store manager, who will be getting pre-orders mailed out once the inventory is received. 

We elect our president, vice presidents, treasurer,
secretary, and governors in odd numbered years.
So, 2025 is an election year and nominations of
members to serve as officers are being accepted
now.
These are two-year volunteer positions. Job
descriptions are available at tecnews.org/board/job-descriptions. Current board members are happy to
talk about the workload and their experiences on the
board.
Adult members in good standing may nominate other
adult members in good standing to any of the officer
positions. While you may not nominate yourself, you
are welcome to ask another member to nominate
you.
Nominees for president, vice president, secretary,
and treasurer must be 21 years or older — because
they sign contracts on behalf of the club and handle
the club’s money. Nominees for governor must be
18 years or older.
Please submit nominations in writing to the secretary
by no later than March 14, 2025. An email to
terri@tecnews.org is sufficient and preferred.
Nominations by U.S. mail to our P.O Box must be
received by March 14, so please plan accordingly!
The secretary will notify nominees as nominations are
received. Nominees cannot accept a nomination for
more than one office.
To be listed as a candidate for election, nominees
must submit a written acceptance, a photo, and a
short bio to the secretary by March 31, 2025.

Join the Club / Renew Your MembershipElongated coins (so-called because of their shape after they are rolled) are part of what’s known as “exonumia” – that is, they fall outside the usual numismatic interests. But rest assured, if you have a few, a few hundred, or a few thousand of them, you are not alone! Elongated coins are sometimes also called “elongated pennies”, “pressed pennies” or “squished pennies”

Founded in 1966 as a non-profit organization, The Elongated Collectors (TEC) now has over 750 members in several countries. Our purpose is to

• encourage the study, acquisition, and exhibition of elongates and related items
• research and publish articles in TEC News and elsewhere
• assist new collectors, especially youth
• promote the realistic and consistent valuation of elongates.

Basically, we care for and foster interest in these marvelous souvenirs from every source and every era!

If you love elongates, then TEC is the club for you! We gather for our annual meeting at the American Numismatic Association’s World of Money convention. In addition, many of our members gather throughout the year at “mini-meets” in various parts of the country to visit with one another, compare collections, trade duplicates, and go on “squishin’ missions.” And many of us also participate in various internet discussion groups, sharing our latest discoveries and helping each other out in any way we can. More information is available all over our website. We welcome any and all questions you have!
Please join us! For your nominal membership dues, you will receive:

• Our quarterly newsletter, TEC News
• Exclusive elongates, including coveted annual TEC member issues
• Birthday elongates for young numismatists
• Discounts on classic reference books, such as Yesterday’s Elongates
• And more, but best of all access to the unmatched generosity and wisdom of novice and advanced collectors alike!

As we roll into 2025, here’s wishing you a year filled with amazing finds, exciting new designs, and cherished memories pressed into every coin. Whether you’re hunting for treasures or creating your own, may your collection grow and your passion shine brighter than ever.

Thank you for keeping the art of pressed pennies alive—each coin tells a story, and yours make the hobby so special. Here’s to another year of sharing, swapping, and celebrating this unique community!

Press on and prosper in 2025! 🪙✨

In doing some upgrades to the store this afternoon, it pushed out emails about orders that have already been paid for and in most cases, received.  If you got one of these emails, please disregard.

 The theme for our 2024 design contest is “Join TEC!” We are accepting contest entries until February 16.

Correction to “Finding rolling machines in surprising places in London, England” by Richard Jozefiak Inexplicably, the editor used the same photo twice for the elongateds Richard came across at Harrods. A photo of the second set is shown below.

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Welcome to 2024 Elongated Collectors!  We hope everyone has a wonderful year full of plenty of squishin’ missions and maybe a story or two to be published in TEC News!