The Elongated Collectors

This years design contest theme is “Celebrating Our National Parks” find out more information on the Design Contest 2016 page, including a download for the official entry form.

It’s that time of year again – time to renew your TEC Membership! To pay via check or money order, down load the  TEC Membership Application/Renewal (PDF), print it out, fill it in, and mail it to TEC Secretary (Payable to: TEC). If you’d rather join online and pay via paypal, you can fill out the form here: https://tecnews.org/club/join-renew/  

A revised update of “Yesterday’s Elongateds” is long overdue. TEC plans to tackle this project. However, we need help. The Fairbanks “Guide to Unlisteds” contains descriptions only. Rosato’s “Unlisteds” includes illustrations with descriptions. However, we need pictures of all new items to be included in the revision. Here is where you come in. Please review your collections and furnish TEC with pictures of coins that you have in your collection that fit the descriptions of unlisted items, plus others that you may have that may not yet have been identified. Each person submitting information will be listed as a contributor[…]

Download an application: http://www.money.org/numismatic-events/convention-exhibits Bob Fritsch’s Article on Exhibiting at ANA  

Check out ANA’s blog on “The Start of a New Collectible” which features TEC’s President Emeritis – Ray Dillard!

The 2015 Design Contest Theme has been announced – “Not All Best Friends Are People” New this year – you can submit as many design ideas as you would like! Details can be found on the Design Contest 2015 Page It’s an election year! Find out all the details on the 2015 Board Elections page

  Due to technical problems and lack of use,  the TEC Forums have been removed from the website.  We recommend all TEC Members join the TEC-Members group at YahooGroups, if they haven’t already. This group is much more active and open to only TEC Members! Join Here   News 2013 News 2012 News 2011 News 2010

  A book was just published “Abraham Lincoln Beyond the American Icon” by Fred Reed and it features a mention on Elongated Coins, including one designed by our own, Oded Paz. It’s an election year! Be sure to submit your nominations for TEC Board to Secretary Les Holbrook.

News 2012 It is with saddened heart that we have to inform you that a pillar of the elongated coins community, Mr.  Angelo Anthony Rosato, died peacefully on Tuesday November 13, 2012, at the age of 91. He was Charter Life Member number 23-LM of TEC Mr. Rosato was born April 9, 1921 in Waterville, CT. In 1953 he opened A.A. Rosato Jeweler’s, in New Milford, and was in business for 32 years before retiring in 1985. Mr. Rosato was an artist and enjoyed coin collecting as a hobby, where he became interested in collecting elongated coins. With this passion[…]