Initials

On many elongated coins, you’ll find a set of initials beneath the pull (a raised portion of the border near the narrow end of the coin) or somewhere along the edge of the design, often in the border. These initials indicate who the designer, engraver, or roller of the coin was. This list can help you determine the names of the people involved in the design and rolling of your coin. Just look up the initials and find the name.

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462 – Don Berry

Cloverleaf – Angelo Rosato, rolled for collectors
Incluses C – copy/reroll, Angelo Rosato

Heart over triangle – Emil Fassler 

A

ABC – Anastasia, Bob, and Charlotte Hoff 

AC or AJC – Adam Cool

AG – Alice Goodman

AH – ?

ALB – Amy Brennan

AM – Al Meranto

AR – Angelo A. Rosato

AV – Adele Vogel

AWM – Alex W. Mruk (Block Letter or Cursive)

AZ – Anita Zell

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B

BCS – Bruce C Sumner

BE – ?

BG – Bronislaus (Brownie) A. Gill

BJ – Bill Jackson

BKS – ?

BOB- Bob Frazier 

BR – Brad Ream (Banyas Barnesyarde)

BS – Bert Samsa

BX – James Brown & Myron Xenos

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C

C – Often used to denote a copy of an earlier elongate

© – Copyrighted

C in box, triangle on top – Cliff Roth

CO-7 – James Bond

C-7 – C-7 Enterprises, Betty Kirby & Rudy Skarita

CAW – ?

CASH – Carol & Steve Hursh

CBW – C.B. Weatherly

CC – ?

CEW – Cecil E. Walls

CH – Bud Hicks

CK – Carol Kilcoyne

CL – Charles Lorati

CM/CMI – Copper Memories

CM – (Constantino) Gus Meccarello

CMJ – Not yet attributed, found on 1915 PPIE

CMH – ?

CMR – Chester M Rogers

CS – ?

CW – Carl Webster or  Claude Waite

CZC – Cindy Calhoun

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D

D – Disneyland

DA[##] – Donald P. Adams

DAW – Don A. Wilkinson

DB – Don Berry

DC – Danny B. Crabb or Donald Cade

DD – Dottie Dow

DD – Don Duncan

DE – ?

DESCO – David E. Stoicheff

DJ – D. Jakebovits

DMH – ?

DM – ?

DOTTIE – Dottie Dow 

DOW – Dottie Dow

DP – Dwayne Padon

DRP – Don Rea Padon

DR – Don Roth

DES or DS – Donald E. Sabo

DS – David Spellman

DT – Dave True or Dan Thompson

DW – Don Wendt

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E

e – Eurolink

EA[##] – Elmer Anderson

ECHO – Echo Elongated Coins (W.W. Miller)

EC – Evanscraft

ED – Ed McClung

EG – Ewell Gunter

EH – Errick Hermann

ELM – E.L. Murdoch

EW – Ed Weaton

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F

FB – Frank Brazzell

FGS or FS – Frank Spandone

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G

G – Eric H. Goodwin

GFB – ?

GA – ?

GAE – ?

GJ – ?

GK – George E. Kesterton

GM – Gus Meccarello

GPB – Gary & Phyllis Bible

GW – George Wanzug

GWE – Gerald Elliott

 

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H

HCS – Harold C. Schmal

HDA – H. D. Alien

HE or HOE  – House of Elongates

HG – Horace Grant

HHT – Harry H. Taylor

HLB – ?

HM – Houston Marshall

HWB – Henry W. Blaha

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I

IG – ?

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J

JB – James Hanna Brown

JD – Jim Dundon (Paradise Engraving)

JF – Joe Franklin

JGS or JS – John G. Spadone

JH – Joe Hotter

JJ (w/ horizontal line on top) – Justin DeCleene 

JJ – Jim & James Dundon

JK – James Kilcoyne or Jess Kirby

JLB – ?

JM – Jack Meccarello

JN – John & Nancy Wooten

JR combined – Jerry Rathburn

JR – Jack Rosenblath

JRN – Jason Nelson

JS – James Singleton

JWR – James W. Rollings

JW – Jack Wilcox or  Joe Watts 

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K

K – C.C. Kemp

KH – Kay Harpold (Banyas Barnesyarde)

KMCS – Karen San Gregory

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L

L (circled) – R. W. Luchtman (L.P. Engravers)

L – Lords Prayer Engravers (Charles Lorat)

LB – Lenard Babin or Lee Bowser

LCS – L.C. Summer or Lido Coin Shop

LEM – Lee Martin

LE – Lodestar Entertainment

LHT or LT – Len H. Trump

LH – Lurene Haines

LIDO – Lido Coin Shop

Lou – Lou Brock

LW or LEW – Lloyd Wagaman

LS – ?

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M

MANLEY – Justin & Ryan Manley

MC – www.pennymachine.it

MFT – ?

MH – Millard Hajek

MK – Michelle Kilcoyne

MLBP – Major League Baseball Players

MLH – Mark Hill

MM – M&M Elongates

MM – Mary Eggleston

MP – Michael Pender

MT – Marie F. Trinny

MTC – ?

MW – Mark Wright

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N

NRM – Norman & Ruth Mac Quithy

NINA – Nina MacDonald

NS – Nick Salimbene

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O

OLCP – Osvaldo L Cangas 

OLY – Bob Olson

OP – Oded Paz

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P

PB – Paul Brenner

PC – PennyCollector or Paul Case

PE – Paradise Engraving (Jim Dundon)

PLB – Pearl L. Buoker

PPC – ?

PL – ?

PLB – Pearl L. Buoker

PJ – P. Janic

PM – PennyMachines.com

PP – ?

PS – Joe Franklin

PW – ?

PWC – Paul Conner

P – Michael Pender

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R

R (circled) – registered trademark

(R) or RL  – Ray Loutzenhiser

RB – Rodney W. Baker

RCK – ?

REB – Robert E Buoker

RG – Rob Gilger

RHB – ?

RHJ – Robert H. Jacobs

RJ or RJJ – Ralph Jones

RR – Rocky Rockholt or Ronald Readon

RS – Russ Sears

RS – Robert & Shirley Stafford

RTL – Ray T. Leveille

RWC – ?

RW – Ray Wagner Jr

RWD – Ray Dillard (cursive signature)

RWJ – Ralph W. Jobe

RWL or L – Robert W. Luchtman

ЯM – Rob Morris

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S

SAK – Sally & Al Kirka

SB – Steve Beecher

SC – Salvidor Cade

SG – Shel Green

SP – Smashing Pennies (Katrina and Zac Gowen)

SPI – ?

SPM – Squished Penny Museum (Christine Henry and Pete Morelewicz)

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T

TAK – ?

TDT – Tyler Dean Tyson

TG – Tom Gerhardt

TMC – ?

TMV – Terri Ventresca

TPP – The Penny Pincher (Carl Webster)

TW – Tom Wiebe

TR – Tom Russo

TY[##] – Bert Creighton

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V

VB – Vicky Bowser

VCS – ?

VF – Vance Fowler

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W

WDA – Wayne D. Ashford

WDW – ?

WG – William (Bill) Gardner

WJH – William T. Helmerick

WLP – ?

WLS – not attributed, found on FDR elongated

WM or WCM – William C Massey (Luck “e” Penny)

WR – William Rogers

WSA – WSA Enterprises (Whitney, Spero & Allen)

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Can you fill in the blanks of the questioned initials? Or know of initials that aren’t listed?

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