The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 7, February 18, 2007, Article 17

ANOTHER SQUISHED PENNY COLLECTOR PROFILED

The press seems to like the oddity of collecting things like
elongated cents.  The latest article on the trend is from
Fort Wayne, IN:

"Catherine de Leon might be called a coin collector. Specifically,
she collects pennies. More to the point, she collects squished pennies.

"They are known formally as 'elongated coins,' or EC for short. Some
people called them smashed pennies, but to de Leon, a mother of two
who works part time as a pattern maker for Dockers in San Francisco,
they are squished pennies.

"The coins are the metal fluff of tourist attractions from around the
world. You feed a penny and two quarters into a machine, turn a crank
and out pops a squished penny with an engraved image, usually of the
place you're visiting.

"The penny machines are seemingly everywhere. Dozens line the streets
of Disneyland and theme parks, aquariums and museums, but you'll find
them other places, including Red Square in Russia.

"'Once I found the Web site with the other collectors,' de Leon says,
'I decided maybe I wasn't so crazy.' And the collection, which now
numbers more than 120, really took off.

"'I'm really attracted to the art work,' de Leon says.
'It's pretty cool.'

"To learn more, visit the EC Web site at www.pennycollector.com."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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