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PCGS Expands Elongated Coin Grading

rofessional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) has announced it will expand the kinds of elongated coins. The 1981 book by Lee Martin and Dottie Dow has been updated three times over the years and lists hundreds of popular elongated coins, which are collectible pieces made from legal-tender coins that have been flattened in a machine and imprinted with a special logo or design.

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