I bought a couple of oldies from eBay. Both are from the Chicago World’s Fair: the Train of Tomorrow and the Belgian Village
New EC’s from Chicago World’s Fair
Also got these. The ones that are not duplicates from my eBay lot purchase:
New EC from Sea World Marina San Diego, CA
New EC from Disneyland
I bought a lot of EC’s on eBay and it turned out that I have most of the coins already 
Many of them are from Six Flags Marine World, which are now retired, and I put them under my trade list.
Please email me if you are interested in a trade! admin @ gatherec dot com (with no spaces)
It’s taking a while for me to scan and upload everything, especially when a location has a dozen designs.
New EC’s from National Air and Space Museum Washington DC
Hopefully I’ll be able to get to all the EC’s I smashed yesterday. These are expensive pennies 75c per coin for National Zoo and $1 for Air & Space and Natural History Museums.
New EC’s from National Zoological Park Washington DC
New EC’s from National Air and Space Museum Washington DC
I just got back from my trip to Washington DC with my sister. These day trips are a bit taxing, especially when the Metro shuts down.
We went to the National Zoological Park, the Air and Space Museum, the Natural History Museum, and a few other places. All the machines are in fine working condition. Will post the penny images later.
Finally got through the whole US! So now mislabeled “retired” coins are corrected to “removed”.
I don’t think I’m going to extend this to the international coins… I can’t imagine anybody being good authority to decide on those status anyway.
Today I went to the National Emergency Training Center (also known as the Fallen Firefighter Memorial in PC) to press coins.
Before I went, I checked on PC and there seemed to be different opinions as to how many coins and where they are at this location. One account said there are two designs, the other said that there is only one.
When I went there, I confirmed that there is only one machine. It wasn’t until I looked into the machine when I realized that there are two designs after all. Although the machine only has one die, there are pre-pressed coins of two kinds scattered inside. Talking to the people at the shop, they told me that the designs are switched out every two years. They can sell you the different design that are pre-pressed and lying in the machine, but I think I got the last copper one.
Anyway, I pressed a few extras of the first design. If you would like this design, please leave a comment on this post and I’ll get your information to send you the EC. Limited supplies.
New EC’s from the National Emergency Training Center Emmitsburg, MD
When I was looking on PC, I realized that I had a DuPont EC from Delaware all along.
New EC from Historical Society of Delaware Wilmington, DE
See, all I do is catch-up work with these coins 
Oh! This also includes my first Delaware coin!
Traded with Robin:
New EC from Wild Horse Museum Store Corolla, NC
New EC from Outerbanks Center for Wildlife Education? Corolla, NC
New EC from Arnie’s Arcade Bethany Beach, DE
I used to buy BU copper pennies by the rolls for pressing use. BU stands for Brilliant Uncirculated, which is a numismatic term. It means that these coins went straight from the Mint to you (or your dealer) without going through circulation. Generally you can expect MS60+ grade coins, where MS stands for Mint State and 60 is a coin grading scale out of 70. But as EC collectors, we really don’t care how many steps on the Lincoln Memorial is visiable before we smash the pennies. The purpose of buying BU pennies is to ensure you have shiny copper pressed coins, although I also like the brownish tone that makes the coins look older.
The problem with buying BU rolls is that not too many dealers carry them. The cheapest BU roll pennies costs about $2 to $2.50. The dealers makes a few cents selling you each roll and he had to dig through his stock room to earn that money. On the other hand, you end up paying 4 to 5 times for your material. Nobody loses, but it’s never a win-win scenario.
I used to live near a dealer who always has these rolls stocked up (although he had been slowly increasing his prices), so I never thought about the alternative. Then I moved to Maryland and decided to press over a hundred coins for half a dozen collectors.
I called up all the local shops and made a deal to pick up the coins on Friday. By noon on Friday, the dealer was a no show and I was getting desperate. My bus leaves in a few hours and there was no way I can find replacements. So I went to the nearest bank and asked for $15 worth of pennies. I picked out the pre-1982 pennies and cleaned them with ketchup and baking soda. When I was done, they looked pinkish and I was really worried that they won’t be up to snuff. But they turned out to be really pretty presses. The shine surpasses the EC’s pressed on uncirculated pennies. So now I’m converted
You can probably get around 100 copper pennies out of $5 worth of coins. After sorting them out, put them in a small container and cover the coins with ketchup. Mix and let it stand for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Wash out the ketchup and dump baking soda over the coins. Add just enough water to make a thick paste, and stir the coins and paste. Wash out the baking soda paste and dry your pennies. Don’t forget to wrap the remaining zinc pennies and return them to the bank.
