Luck "E" Penny's Hitchhiker's Guide to Elongated Coins
South Dakota
Keystone | Mitchell | Murdo | Philip | Rapid City | Wall
Keystone
Emporium
P. O. Box 710 Keystone, S.D. 57751
605/666-4836
Penny is available from an individual roller (His name is Tom and he's a TEC member.) at Keystone, South Dakota who sets up his machine on the boardwalk by the Emporium. But if you are in Keystone and he is not there, the penny is available at the Emporium shop. They keep a supply in a nut can at the counter!
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: $.50
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design Information: (H), dotted border, "MOUNT RUSHMORE KEYSTONE SD 1998", [Faces of Mt. Rushmore]
Contact for Trading
Sherry Sklenar
sklenar@bloomnet.com
Mitchell
Corn Palace - Located in the front lobby.
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: $.50
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Die Information
Design #1: (H), alternate border, "Corn Palace Mitchell, S.D.", [Pheasant]
Design #2: (H), alternate border, "Corn Palace Mitchell, S.D.", [Face of Mt. Rushmore National Monument]
Design #3: (H), alternate border, "Corn Palace Mitchell, S.D.", [Corn Palace Building]
Design #4: (H), alternate border, "Corn Palace Mitchell, S.D.", [Buffalo]
Contact for Trading
Sherry Sklenar
sklenar@bloomnet.com
Murdo
Triple H Truck Stop
Off I-90 at the Murdo exit
At a Texaco gas station in the front entryway.
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: $.50
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Die Information
Design #1: (H), alternate border, "Triple H Truck Stop Murdo, S.D.", [18-wheel livestock truck]
Design #2: (V), alternate border, Western Rodeo Bull Riding", [Cowboy riding a bull]
Design #3: (H), alternate border, "Mount Rushmore", [Faces of Mt. Rushmore]
Design #4: (H), alternate border, "South Dakota Buffalo", [Buffalo standing between two pine trees]
Contact for Trading
Sherry Sklenar
sklenar@bloomnet.com
Philip
Badlands National Park - Badlands Trading Post
Exit 131 on Highway 90, HCR01 Box 56, Philip SD 57567
605/433-5411 Fax: 605/433-5412
Number of Dies: 4
Die Information
Design #1: (H), dotted border, "Badlands National Park", [Eagle? Hawk?]
Design #2: (H), dotted border, "Mount Rushmore", [Mount Rushmore]
Design #3: (H), dotted border, "Badlands National Park", [Buffalo with mountain outline in background]
Design #4: (V), dotted border, "South Dakota", [Indian on horseback chasing a buffalo]
Rapid City
Bear Country - South of Rapid City on Highway 16, in the gift shop.
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: $.50
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design Information Design: (V), dotted border, "Bear Country USA", [Face of a bear]
Contact for Trading
Sherry Sklenar
sklenar@bloomnet.com
Reptile Gardens - located 5 miles south of Rapid City on US 16, the road to Mt Rushmore.
1-800-335-0275
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design Information: (V), dotted border, " Reptile Gardens/Black Hills SD", [Standing turtle holding megaphone]
Additional Die Comments: We rolled our penny in 1996, but husband rolled one as a child there, about 20 years ago, and it is the same image. - Julie Bohlander
Wall
Wall Drug Store - Can't miss it. Whole reason for town, and it's a small one. Both machines close to each other, in inside walkway among stores that are part of Wall Drug Store. In obvious place, not hard to find. This is a must Squished penny - it has been there since 1931!!
Machine Type: electric/crank
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: 50 cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Die Information
Design #1: H, dotted border, "Mount Rushmore Wall Drug Store", [Mount Rushmore]
Design #2: H, dotted border, "Wall Drug Since 1931", [Brontosaurus]
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