Luck "E" Penny's Hitchhiker's Guide to Elongated Coins
Tennessee
Chattanooga | Gatlinburg | Knoxville | Lookout Mountain
| Memphis | Nashville | Oak Ridge | Pigeon Forge
Chattanooga
Chattanooga Choo-Choo - elongated
depicts train.
Chattanooga Incline - one machine
at the top and one at the bottom. They both show the Incline.
Ruby Falls on Lookout Mountain - a beautiful
underground cavern with an incredible 145 foot waterfall. Elongated depicts
falls logo. Standard enclosed motorized rolling machine located in
gift shop. Cost: 50-cents each.
Tennessee Aquarium
Broad Street
Elongated features the aquarium's logo - can be purchased in the gift
shop. No machine on premises. Elongateds are in 2 X 2's in
a basket on the counter. Cost: 95-cents + 8-cents tax ($1.03 total)
Gatlinburg
Sidewalk on Main Street - One machine with
4 dies.
Knoxville
Knoxville Zoo - Manual hand-crank machines featuring several designs.
Lookout Mountain
Incline Railway
Railway car pictured. Standard enclosed motorized rolling machine,
located in snack bar. Cost: 50-cents each. Note: Design comes
out somewhat mushy.
Memphis
Beale Street
There is a machine where the coin has the Beale street logo on it "but
I don't remember the address of the club it was in."
Graceland
Right next to the official Graceland gift shops are the unofficial
tourist huts. There are 8 Elvis designs in one of the stores, for a whopping $1.00 each. Designs include: [Elvis], [Graceland], [Memphis], [TCB], [1935-1977]
Memphis Zoo
Eurolink machines. If you have a Zoo pass (annual pass) from
Texas, be sure to take it, many Zoo's honor passes from other Zoo's. There's
a ZooNet home page that lists the Zoo's that participate in reciprocal
agreements...
Pink Palace Museum - four blocks east of the Kid's Museum, on Central Ave.
Has two machines with three coins each outside of the gift shop.
National Guard Armory Kid's Museum - on Central Ave.
One coin machine located in the gift shop.
Nashville
Opryland Theme Park - At least 2
machines with 6 dies. Grand old Opry, opryland logo, steam locomotive,
grizzy river rampage (2 Types), chaos ride. One machine is in a souvenir store at the main Entrance the other is by the grizzy river rampage.
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Science Museum - Report of a machine at this location.
Pigeon Forge
Dixie Stampede - inside entryway
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.50
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Additional Comments: A wheel turns to select from 4 designs, A-D. There is a fith design designated "E" which is an error roll and the comment "This is what you get when you incorrectly select A-D."
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