To any and all who wish to attend the Indiana and surounding area National EC Day. We will be meeting in Fort Wayne. We shall start by rolling some pennies...
Welcome to the Elongated Coin E-mail Discussion Group! *New Users' postings to the list are moderated. Once a user has posted several topical messages, the...
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Apr 1, 2003 5:23 pm
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Just a reminder or some of the features available to list members on the Yahoo groups site. If you have any comments, suggestions or questions, please email...
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Apr 1, 2003 5:23 pm
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Spent a bunch of time doing location research this weekend and discovered two things. First, it's a little too late for us to get a room at the Pacific...
Actually you do NOT have to pay admission to get to ANY of the machines in the Seattle Center. The Children's museum downstairs will let you in if you smile...
I have updated Sarah's web site. I added 3 pictures of her at the Science Fair with her EC collection and experiment. Take a look. :) - Teri (& Sarah) Sarah's...
Hello all - I was able to get the rest of the L.A. Zoo ECs for those of you that I have trades/sales arranged with. I will get them out in the mail as soon as...
Well? What was the hypothesis and the results? Nobody has ever done a real scientific test as far as I know. [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hello, In the past they did not realize how many did not like zinc. They have had us roll a number of coins and have always insisted on copper cents for ...
I'm not Teri or Sarah or live in California, but in Florida they now encourage all grades in elementary school to enter a science fair project. The younger...
It really turns me off (to the point where I am considering if I want to cancel my emails from this group--although I would hate to miss something that I might...
To everyone who is planning on attending the Southern CA regional meet on April 26... If you haven't sent your questionnaire back to me, please do so whenever ...
Good evening all, The Resort was pleasant this evening, a little on the cool side. Crowds were average. No changes to report at California Adventure or the...
I was watching CSI tonight and they mentioned a coin dealer who used sulphur to shine coins. I've heard of vinegar, salt, brasso and even ketchup but this is a...
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Apr 4, 2003 7:54 am
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Hi Group, Well, it's almost Spring Vacation time again, and we're planning another trip to Northern California. Could you please let us know where we could...
Hello Everyone, In a Ebay listing a person posted: The coins used to make these elongates were dated no later than 1981 so they are 95% copper and 5% zinc....
Hi Mickey; I think they meant it was used to "age" coins. The patina or tarnish is a key to condition and age. Sulfur "tarnishes" copper. Happy collecting, ...
Robert Hoff
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Apr 4, 2003 2:36 pm
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Coins from mid-'82 and earlier do in fact contain a percentage of zinc, although I don't believe that it's 5%, I believe it's .5% (1/2%) zinc, but I could be...
Hi All, We are going to Universal Studios Sunday! The kids have annual passes that expire soon (they younger ones have only gone once--you have to go at least...
Rich Hays and his wife Julie recently had a baby boy - you can read ALL about it here! http://www.haysfamily.com/wesley.htm Congratulations to the family!!! ...
The second 2003 Villain machine was placed on stage today at the Disneyland Resort. It's in Gone Hollywood and features Scar from the Lion King, Jaraf from...
I'll have to rephrase my question. Someone thought that I was being a smart-alek. I often am, but not this time. I guess that I didn't use enough of those...
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Apr 5, 2003 6:05 am
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Another significant difference is that the pre-'82 coins had other metals alloyed, or blended in so that they are homogenous. If you cut or stretch it, it is...
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Apr 5, 2003 6:09 am
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Hey Folks, If you're a TEC member and your last newsletter said "expires 2003" on the label, then you're about to dropped from active membership. This means...
Sarah's science project was more of a collection display but she wanted to do an experiment. We took a steel penny, a copper penny and a zinc penny to a penny...
I didn't think you were being a smart-alek, I misunderstood you. I didn't know you couldn't read it. I thought you were stating that it did not seem to have...
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