Friday, June 13, 2008

Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo

Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo
3701 S 10th Street
Omaha, NE , 68107
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=2849

I just got my pennies from Doorly Zoo. I ordered the pennies directly from the zoo.

Machine 1- 1) (V) toucan, 2) (V) seahorse, 3) (V) penguin, 4) (H) shark.


Machine 2-1) (H) picture of the zoos train, 2) (H) picture of a carousel horse, 3) (V) picture of a polar bear, 4) (H) picture of a sea lion.

Machine 3-1) (V) gibbon, 2) (V) palm trees, 3) (V) bat, 4) (H) hippo.

Machine 4- Quarters 1) (H) Elephant, 2) (V) Gorilla, 3) (V) Giraffe, 4) (H) Tiger.

Machine 5- 1) (V) Praire Dog, 2) (V) Cactus, 3) (H) Desert Dome, 4) (V) Rattlesnake.

Machine 6- 1) (H) frog, 2)(H) lizard, 3) (H)dragon fly, 4)(H) butterfly,
All pennies are two-sided with the Henry Doorly Zoo logo on the opposite side.

Thursday, June 12, 2008

15 Pennies From GUAM

Western Frontier Village
1245 Pale San Vitores Road
Tumon Bay, Guam, 96911
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=776








Underwater World
1245 Pale San Vitores Rd. (Across from DFS Galleria)
Tumon, Guam, 96911
Phone: 671-649-9191
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=777

Machine #1
PennyCollector machine: Turtle, Dolphins, White Shark, Seahorse




Machine #2
Rocky Rockholt machine: Sea Otter, Clown Fish, Another Turtle, Two More Dolphins



Two Lovers Point
Tumon, Guam, 96913
Phone: 671-647-4107/9

Machine 1


Machine #2


Stanlees's Liquor Store
San Vitores Road Tumon
Tumon, Guam, 96911
Phone: 1- 671- 646-1328
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=779



Jeff's Pirate Cove
111 South Chalan Antigo
Ipan/Talofofo, Guam, 96915
Phone: 1 671 789 1582



Agana Shopping Center
PO Box DM
Hagatna, Guam, 96932
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=7463



Chill Out
Unit 36 Chamorro Village,
P. O. Box 4585
Agana, Guam, 96932
This one has a Gecko Design with Guam USA below it.
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=782

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Central Park Zoo and Wildlife Center

Central Park Zoo and Wildlife Center
5th Avenue at 64th Street
New York City, NY

Machine 1 - Children's Zoo


Machine 2 - Outside Zootique, opposite Leaping Frog Cafe



Machine 3 - Outside Zootique, opposite Leaping Frog Cafe

Monday, May 19, 2008

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Oregon Coast Aquarium Set #3
http://www.pressedpenny.com/aquariums.php
This is a set of FOUR RETIRED Pressed Pennies from the Oregon Coast Aquarium. The designs include a Sea Lion, a Starfish (Sea Star), a Flounder, and a Blue Whale. They all have beaded borders. Pressed on solid copper pennies. Item #C48.

Bass Pro Shops

Bass Pro Shops
1972 Power Plant Parkway
Hampton, VA 23666

San Francisco Endangered Species Store

Purchased November 26, 2007. http://www.pressedpenny.com/california.php


San Francisco Endangered Species Store Set of 4
This is a set of four copper pressed pennies from the San Francisco Endangered Species Store. The designs include a white tiger, an elephant, a wolf, and a dolphin. This set is now RETIRED as the store closed January 1, 2005. They all have beaded borders. Pressed on solid copper pennies. Item #C243.

St. Louis Zoo Retired Pennies

Purchased November 26, 2007. Available at http://www.pressedpenny.com/zoos.php


St. Louis Zoo Retired Set #1
This is a set of three RETIRED Pressed Pennies from the St. Louis Zoo. The elongated coins designs feature a chimpanzee, a prairie dog, and a bear. This elongated coin set has a very unique border - the head of a Lesser Kudu - a beautiful African antelope. All three coins feature this border and are vertical. This set was retired in 1997. Pressed on solid copper pennies. Item #C614.


St. Louis Zoo Retired Set #2
This is a set of four RETIRED Pressed Pennies from the St. Louis Zoo. The elongated coins designs feature Raja the elephant (V), the St. Louis Zoo train (H), a St. Louis Zoo logo (V), and a St. Louis Zoo logo (H). This elongated coin set has a very unique border - the head of a Lesser Kudu - a beautiful African antelope. All four coins feature this border. This set was retired in 2004. Pressed on solid copper pennies. Item #C615.



St. Louis Zoo Retired Set #3
This is a set of three RETIRED Pressed Pennies from the St. Louis Zoo. The elongated coins designs feature the St. Louis Zoo main building, a komodo dragon, and a lion. This elongated coin set has a very unique border - the head of a Lesser Kudu - a beautiful African antelope. All three coins feature this border and are horizontal. Excellent artwork. This set was retired in 2004. Pressed on solid copper pennies. Item #C616.

Monday, May 12, 2008

It'sugar

It'sugar
The Pier at Caesars, 1 Atlantic Ocean Unite 110, Atlantic City, NJ , 08401

Machine 1


Artwork

Prospect Park Zoo

Prospect Park Zoo
450 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY , 11225
Machine #1

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, CT , 06355
MACHINE # 1-BELUGA WHALE, SEAL, SEAHORSE, PENGUINS.


MACHINE # 2-SHARK, PENGUIN, STINGRAY, EEL.


Queens Zoo

Queens Zoo
53-51 111th StreetQueens, NY , 11368

Machine 1

New York Aquarium

New York Aquarium
Boardwalk at West 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY , 11224

Crayola Factory Store

Two more sets from ebay.
Crayola Factory Store
Two Rivers Landing 30 Centre Square, Easton, PA , 18042
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=3845

Machine 1


Machine 2

Crayola Factory

Another set from ebay.
Crayola Factory - 30 Centre Square, Easton, PA , 18042
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=21773

Casino Pier

I just got a new set of pennies from ebay.
Casino Pier - 800 Ocean TerraceSeaside Heights, NJ , 08751
http://www.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=38131

Machine 1..... 1) Casino Pier Sand Castle 2) Casino Pier Carousel Horse 3) Casino Pier Sufer


Machine 2..... 1) Casino Pier Pirate 2) Casino Pier Roller Coaster 3) Casino Pier Race Driver

Monday, April 14, 2008

Dry and Bagged Clean Pre-1982 Pennies


Cleaning Pennies, Part 3

I decide to give the dryer a try. I got a couple of used white tube socks, place all the clean pennies in one sock, made a knot and place that sock inside the other sock and made a know on the second sock. I placed the sock in the dryer with a load of clean wet clothes. When the dryer finished, I open the sock and empty the pennies. The inside of the sock was black but the pennies were shining clean. I place all the pennies in a ziploc bag for storage. This was a great a solution to cleaning and drying large quantity of pennies.

One thing I learned while cleaning pennies the second time, the water on the bowl was turning yellow so I decided to change the water and used warm water. Big mistake, the pennies started to tarnish after a few minutes. I had to clean them again with tarn•X. This time I used clean cold water plus a couple of ice cubes to hold the clean pennies until I was ready to put them in the dryer.

Cleaned Pre-1982 Pennies in water

Cleaning Pennies, Part 2

A couple of months ago I decided to purchase some more pennies. I went to the bank and ask the teller for $20 of pennies. She didn't have that many so she went to back and got a box of pennies and she opened to take out five dollars out. I told her that I would take to whole box instead and spend two days picking every pre-1982 penny. The next weekend I was doing laundry and decided to clean pennies while waiting for the the washing machine. I had cleaned about about 10 dollars worth of pennies. I used the Tarn•X and two different bowls with clean water. I cleaned them first with tarn•x, then rinse the pennies in the first bowl and then set the pennies the second bowl. Half way through the cleaning I put another load in the washing machine and the first load in the dryer. I return to my penny cleaning and that's when it hit me. What if I put the pennies in the dryer. I had left coins in the pockets of my pants before and found a clean coins clothes when dryer was done.

Circulated Pre-1982 Pennies

Cleaing Pennies, Part 1

I started to press pennies on our first vacation trip to San Francisco. I only did it because it was fun and it was a cheap souvenir. It never crossed my mind to search on the internet for penny machine locations.

I found a website that open my eyes to collecting press pennies. I didn't know that people actually collected the pressed pennies. The Pennycollector website listed all the places where I could find penny machines. I learned that collectors used pre-1982 pennies and this explained why some pennies showed the silver lines and others didn't. This site also listed several options for cleaning pennies.

I decided to try the lime juice. I search through all my change and collected all the pre-1982 pennies. I spent several hours cleaning and drying about 100 pennies. This was a very slow process.

The next time I went to the bank and purchased $5 dollars of pennies and decided to use Tarn•X to clean them. The Tarn•X cleaned the pennies fast, but it still took a while to dry every penny.