Custom Elongated Coins | Penny Passport Collector Books

Collecting elongated coins, or pressed elongated coins, has become one of the hottest hobbies in the world today. The first elongated coins were rolled at the Columbian Exposition in 1893, and collecting elongated, or smashed coins has been gaining popularity ever since. ECs, as elongated coins are known, are an inexpensive souvenir that people can pick up at many places including; theme parks, zoos, museums, aquariums, rest areas, gift shops, and more. Today, you can roll pennies, nickels, quarters, and other international coins around the globe.

It's Legal!

U.S. Title 18, Chapter 17, Section 331: Prohibits among other things, fraudulent alteration and mutilation of coins. This statue does not, however, prohibit the mutilation of coins if done without fraudulent intent if the mutilated coins are not used fraudulently.

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