I ❤️ Elongated Coins

a.k.a. Squished Pennies


An elongated coin is one that has been flattened or stretched, and embossed with a new design. Such coins are often used as commemorative or souvenir tokens, and it is common to find coin elongation machines in tourism hubs, such as museums, amusement parks, and natural or man-made landmarks. The collecting of elongated coins is a branch of numismatics. Elongated coins are also categorized as exonumia.


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