Oh no! It’s been so long since my last update! I really appreciate all the site’s visitors, who are willing to drop by even though I haven’t been updating as regularly.
I got a few more coins from driving around:
New ECs from Ohio Turnpike Service Plaza Fallen Timbers Mile 49 - Eastbound Swanton, Ohio - All the Ohio Turnpike’s machines have been replaced. Even though I pass by the entire strip a couple of times per month, I haven’t been very stringent on collecting the whole set.
New EC from Cabela’s Hamburg, PA - I’ve passed this Cabela many times when driving to NYC. Finally I had a chance to stop and press the coin.
Austin, who’s always been wonderful at helping me add to my collection, pressed these for me:
New EC from The Yankee Candle Co. South Deefield, MA - Austin said that he had to go to a Yankee Candle fair to press this one 
New EC from Parker’s Maple Barn Manson, NH
New EC from Great Wolf Lodge Pocono Mountains, PA
New EC from Thornes Marketplace Northampton, MA
On one of my frequent trips between MI and MD, I took a detour to Cacapon Lodge at Cacapon Resort State Park.
It was Sunday night when I drove into Berkeley Springs, WV. I figured that since the machine was in a lodge, it must be open 24-7. The park actually closes at 10PM, and it was 9:30PM when I got to the gates. I have no doubt that it’s a beautiful park, but at night, the Cacapon was incredibly creepy. Past the gates, the road winds through a forest of trees. It reminded me of the scene where Snow White was running away from the evil stepmother.
The fun didn’t end when the pennies were pressed. When I got home, I realized that it was impossible to tell what the initials on the coins were.
If you look at a vertical coin, the initials look like “CZC”
If you look at a horizontal coin, the initials look like “UNU”
The jury’s not out on this one, but you can see for yourself here:
New ECs from Cacapon Resort Lodge Berkeley Springs, WV
I’ve been traveling between Maryland and Michigan. Usually I pick up coins along the way; travel plazas, Cabelas, or local restaurants. I was looking at places where I could have missed when I spotted that Cumberland listed a local that is just off the highway.
I got this coin from the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad. Hopefully I’ll pick up the coin from Hagerstown next time.
I also see a flaw in the new Trade List coding. It’s always harder with Washington DC… The way I had it arranged that it’s both a state and the only city. However, I’ll have to put in special output code so the bullets will be lined up.
New EC from the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad Cumberland, MD
I was invited to attend a conference held in Washington DC last week. When I browsed through the agenda, I saw that the last night’s reception is held at the Newseum.
What luck! The Newseum has been on my list of problematic locations. The admission cost is $20 and one of the machines is said to be located inside the museum. $20 is a lot to pay for access to any penny machine, and I never found a way around it till now.
It was a lively party and parts of the museum was closed off. The machine was sitting outside of the gift shop on the second floor. I had to run to the neighboring restaurant in order to get enough quarters, but I got my pennies in the end
New EC’s from Newseum Washington DC
I traded some of the Gettysburg coins previously. Living close by now allows me to fill the rest of the set. Both sets from the American Civil War Museum and the Old Gettysburg Village are completed on this trip.
When I got to Old Gettysburg Village, I found a hand cranked penny machine with only 3 designs. The last space where a design should be had an oval sticker with a question mark on it. I’m not sure if it was a marketing trick, but I guess it worked. Had I seen the design, I wouldn’t have pressed it since it was the coin that I owned already.
New EC’s from Old Gettysburg Village Gettysburg, PA
New EC’s from American Civil Warm Museum Gettysburg, PA
New EC from Turning Point Gettysburg, PA
New EC from Jennie Wade House Gettysburg, PA
Wow… it’s been quite a while since I last updated.
I’ve been negligent since I started my new hobby, quilting, which takes up most of my time now 
But I’ll try to get better at uploading new images.
My friend Jason came to visit me from San Francisco, and we went up to Gettysburg today. I visited Gettysburg only a few months ago, but I really couldn’t think of a place to take him aside from DC which we’re going tomorrow.
Jason was kind enough to roam through the town with me, pressing pennies. I think I got most of them:
New EC’s from Gettysburg Tour Center Gettysburg, PA
There are so many machines in San Francisco, especially around the Fisherman’s Wharf area. It seemed like there was one in every other store, some of the designs were indistinguishable. We didn’t press every one since I ran out of pennies after a while.
New EC’s from After the Quake San Francisco, CA
New EC’s from Alcatraz Mini Market San Francisco, CA
New EC’s from A to Z Cameras San Francisco, CA
We had a family gathering around Chinese New Year and spent a week visiting different places around the Bay Area. Here are some of the coins pressed during that time.
We walked around Golden Gate Park and visited the Japanese Tea Garden. This is the second time I visited. I really like the garden, but the entrance fee is high and so was the tea served inside.
New EC’s from Japanese Tea Garden San Francisco, CA
The whole family also went to hike in Muir Woods. The main loop in Muir woods is paved (or boardwalk), the side trails are also worth walking since they take you to see different views of the forest.
The 4-die machine is at the gift shop. There are pre-pressed anniversary coins available for purchase. These anniversary coins are free if you purchase a penny book.
New EC’s from Muir Woods Mill Valley, CA
I feel so bad for not updating the site for such a long time I have piles of coins lying on my desk, just waiting to be scanned and I haven’t done anything for days.
Went snow shoeing with friends on MLK weekend. I thought there would be more coins around this area, since the Winter Olympics was held here twice, but we didn’t have time to look through all the shops.
New EC’s from High Peaks Gift Shop Lake Placid, NY
Wishing everyone a smashing year!
I wanna give a big thanks here to Adam who helped me with my copper penny supplies!! 
I pressed a few coins on the PA turnpike with the coins (the cat mint can comes in handy too). Hopefully I’ll get to scan in those coins soon.
While driving through the Ohio Turnpike, I’ve noticed that many of the service area machines have been replaced. Next weekend, I’ll try to get a more recent set of coins from the turnpike. In the meanwhile, the status for the old coins are marked “retired”.
Here are some trades with Paul from the end of 2008:
New EC’s from Museum of Life and Science Durham, NC
