Luck "E" Penny's Hitchhiker's Guide to Elongated Coins
Indiana

Evansville | Ft. Wayne | Indianapolis | Nashville | Santa Claus | Speedway | Terre Haute

Evansville
Mesker Park Zoo
[wolf], (v)

Ft. Wayne
Fort Wayne Zoo
[snake] (H), [kangaroo] (H),[tiger] (H),[orangatan] (H)

Indianapolis
Indianapolis Airport
Located at main concourse in front of a gift shop specializing in race car memorbilia
Manufacturer: Eurolink
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 3
Cost to Roll Coin: .51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design #1: (H), dotted border, "Indianapolis Motor Speedway", [IMS logo]
Design #2: (H), dotted border, "Indianapolis 500 May 24, 1998", [Race car]
Design #3: (H), dotted border, "Brickyard 400 August 2, 1997", [IMS Logo and Brickyard logo]
Contact for Trading:
Melinda Couden
E-Mail: mcouden@netusa1.net

Indianapolis Zoo
Located at main gift shop by entrance
Manufacturer: Uncommon Cents
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: .51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design #1: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Polar Bear]
Design #2: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Tiger]
Design #3: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Dolphin]
Design #4: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Eagle]
Design #5: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [elephant]
Design #6: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [giraffe]
Design #7: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [penguin]
Design #8: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Carousel Horse]
Design #9: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Beetle]
Design #10: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Spider]
Design #11: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Praying Mantis]
Design #12: (V), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Scorpion]
Design #13: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Train]
Design #14: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Frog]
Design #15: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Shark]
Design #16: (H), "Indianapolis Zoo", [Alligator]
Contact for Trading:
Melinda Couden
E-Mail: mcouden@netusa1.net

Also found: [shark], (H)

Nashville
Covered Bridge Musem - northwest corner of the main square
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: 51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design #1: (H), dotted border
Additional Die Comments: there are several machines there depecting the covered bridges of park county. each machine has four images to press. The musem also has several old machines from around the state that are operating. I would guess you could squash 25-30 coins within the museum.

Santa Claus
Holiday World - [Santa Claus face], (V)

Speedway
500 Hall of Fame Museum - outside the gift shopMachine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: 51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design #1: (H), dotted border, "500 mile race", [logo of the current 500 mile race changes yearly]
Design #2: dotted border, "brickyard", [logo of the current brickyard race changes yearly]
Design #3: dotted border, "500 mile hall of fame", [the winged wheels and flag logo]
Contact for Trading:
Robert Davis
E-Mail: bobd@frakes-eng.com

Terre Haute
Larry Bird's Boston Connection
555 South Third Street, Terre Haute, Indiana 47807
(812) 235-3333
Additional Comments: When going in to the main lobby, turn right to the restaurant. There should be a hand -cranked machine there. It is large, so it should be easy to see.
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Additional Comments: Must push the slide that you put the money in slowly in. The money might fall out.
Die Information
Design #1: H, dotted border, "Larry Bird's Boston Connection", [The Larry Bird's Boston Connection logo]
Design #2: V, dotted border, "Souvenir of Home or Larry Bird", [Indiana state picture with Terre Haute and French Lick starred]
Design #3: V, dotted border, "Souvenir of Larry Bird", [Picture of Larry Bird]
Design #4: V, dotted border, "My Lucky Penny from Boston Connection", [Two 3 leafed clovers]

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