TEC Online Auction

Save the date for TEC’s Online Auction! When: Saturday February 19, 2022 at 4 PM Eastern Preview: A catalog will be sent via email blast 7-10 days before the auction. Log On: Via Zoom. To register for the auction and social hour, an email with a sign-up link will be sent to all members with an email on file. If we don’t have your email, contact the Secretary at terri@tecnews.org  to be added to the list. Basic Rules: Bob Fritsch will conduct the auction and he’ll explain how it is to be run. Bidding: This will be covered by Bob[…]

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New & Retired Machines – November

                11/01/21 to 12/01/21                                                                         New Machines:                                                                              States:    CA, San Diego, Old Town – Geppetto’s Toy Store 4 designs CA, San Francisco, San Francisco Zoo Machine 24, 4 Zinc designs with one dated 2020 design. (Machine 21 retired, others still there) CO, Idaho Springs, The Menagerie 4 designs FL, Orlando, Pirate’s Dinner Adventure 4 tokens (4 Penny machine still here also) FL, St.[…]

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New & Retired Machines – October

New Machines:                                                                            States:  CO, Estes Park, Beef Jerky Outlet 4 designs CO, Silverton, The Ice Cream Shop machine three 4 designs (Mach 1 still here, Machine 2 retired) FL, Key West, Key Gear 4 designs FL, Orlando, Pirate’s Dinner Adventure 4 designs (Single design retired) GA, Kennesaw, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Machine returned after being put away for Covid) GA, Thomasville, Imagination Emporium 1 design KY, Park City, Diamond Caverns 4 designs (1 design machine retired) MA, Worcester, Worcester Historical Museum 3 designs (Machine returned after being put away for Covid) ME, Wells, Remember the Maine Gift[…]

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New and Retired Machines – September

Some requests from George: 1) Please do not eliminate all the info in the site when updating. Just add your info to the bottom. People are still eliminating the info in the sites and writing “still here”. Thanks 2) Please do not just change the date. Tell us what you found and how the machines, and which machines, are working (Short, long, off center,perfect!!). Details are needed and great to see. Thanks New Machines: States: 1) CA, Folsom, The Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary Mach. 2 – 4 designs (Machine 1 retired) 2) CA, San Francisco, Fisherman's Wharf – Jefferson St.[…]

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New and Retired Machines – August

A note from George: Please do not eliminate scans in any of the sites, retired or current.  Many use the retired scans when researching older designs or trying to find locations from bulk lots. When making an update to pennycollector.com, please do not eliminate all the writing in the narrative section of the site. Please just add your update under the already existing wording.  Also include what you found when using the machine: What did the coins look like and how did the machine work? (Short, pull presses, machine worked well, machine was having problems, etc.)  Where was the machine[…]

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New and Retired Machines – July

New Machines: 7/1/2021 – 8/1/2021                                                            States:  AR, Hot Springs, The Winery of Hot Springs 3 designs (4 design machine has moved) AR, Little Rock, Little Rock Zoo Machine 6 – 4 designs (Machines 3 & 5 are still there, Machine 4 is retired) AZ, Petrified Forest National Park, Rainbow Forest Gift Shop 4 designs (It’s Back!!) AZ, Williams, Grand Canyon Deer Farm 4 designs AZ, Williams, Route 66 Museum & Gift Shop 4 designs CA, Alameda, Pacific Pinball Museum (Opened after COVID closure) CA, Catalina Island – Avalon, Island Threadz 4 designs CA, San Francisco, Fisherman’s Wharf –[…]

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New and Retired Machines – June

                             6/01/21  to 7/01/21 New Machines:                                                            States:  AK, Fairbanks, Fairbanks Railroad Station 1 design (It’s back!!) AK, Wasilla, Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry 1 design (open after COVID closure) AZ, Duncan, Country Chic Art Gallery & Crafters Boutique 4 designs AZ, White Hills, Last Stop Travel Center 4 designs (From the Arizona Last Stop in White Hills.) AZ, Williams, Grand Canyon Deer Farm 4 designs CA, El Segundo, Automobile Driving Museum 3 designs (open after COVID closure) CA, Fresno, Forestiere Underground Gardens 4 designs CA, Gilroy, Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park (was Bonfante Gardens) (open after COVID[…]

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TEC at WFOM

TEC will be at Table 11 at the World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, IL in August. The table is right by the entrance to the Exhibit Area and next to Treasure Trivia.  Be sure to stop by and say hi!  TEC’s annual meeting will be held at the WFOM in Room 24 on August 13th.  The Board Meeting will take place from 8-9 and the Members Meeting from 9-1. If you’d like to preorder your items to pick up at the WFOM, check out the Presale area of our new shop!

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