I really like my elongates. I have mostly cents but a few nickels and quarters as well. They're great souveniers. I've put together a few tubes of old copper cents that I keep just for this purpose. I keep a few rolls of quarters too. Whenever we go somewhere that might have machines, I carry this stuff along.

Coinworld Article on Elongated Coins

I had no idea that these were collectibles. I always looked at them as souviners. Thanks for the article.

I just bought a kind of eclectic collection from a customer. One of the items is an 1893 Columbian Exposition elongated IHC. The date looks like 1882 on the IHC.