• Home
  • About
  • Shop
    • Cart
      • Checkout
    • My Account
      • Logout
  • FAQs
  • Spotlight
    • Aquaticism
      • Child Swallows Souvenir Penny, Family Sues Zoo That Distributed It
      • Oded Paz on Japanese TV Program about Tokyo Disneyland’s Elongated Souvenir Coins
      • The Washington State Elongated Coin Museum will be opening *SOON*
    • How I pressed my first Penny in Las Vegas
    • Scottish Elongated Pennies
    • Russian Spacecraft circles Moon – Zond 3 launched September 15th 1968
    • Virgo • August 24 through September 22 • The Virgin
    • Oded Paz, a nominee for the ANA’s board of Governors, designed and rolled an elongated coin for his supporters.
    • The Ultimate Statement: An US 12 Pressed Penny Tattoo!
    • The Elongated Coin Museum in Olympia, Washington is Closed
    • 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics elongated coins!!!
  • Tips
  • Videos
  • Wishlist
  • Initials
  • Compare
  • Polls
  • Calendar
  • Yop Poll Archive

Elongated Coins

Flattened or stretched and embossed

 

 

Search for pennies in The World's Smallest Elongated Coin Store!
  • Rollers
  • Engravers
    • Cindy Calhoun
    • Thomas Gerard Dubois
    • Jim Dundon
    • Bill Jackson
    • Paradise Engraving
    • Rocky Rockholt
    • The Penny Men®
  • Penny Press Machine Manufacturers
  • Advertising
  • Airports
  • Animals
    • Birds
    • Dinosaurs
    • Mammals
    • Reptiles
  • Attractions
    • Amusement Parks
      • Animal Theme Parks
        • Six Flags
      • SeaWorld
      • SeaWorld San Diego
      • Theme Park Resorts
      • Water Parks
    • Animal Rescues
    • Historical Sites
    • Landmarks
    • Miniature Golf Courses
    • Museums
    • Restaurants
      • Downtown Aquarium
      • Rainforest Cafe
    • Roadside Attractions
    • Science Centers
    • Shopping Malls
    • Stores
      • M&M’s World®
    • Zoos
  • Movies
  • Mules
  • Presidents of the United States
  • Religious
  • Retired
  • Sports
    • Baseball
    • Golf
  • United States of America
    • From Alabama to Delaware
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Colorado
      • Delaware
    • From Florida to Kansas
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Indiana
You are here: Home / Animals / Dinosaurs / Retired Dinosphere© Logo Triceratops/T-Rex, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis IN
Sale!
Dinosphere Logo Triceratops/T-Rex, Children's Museum of Indianapolis, IN Indiana

Retired Dinosphere© Logo Triceratops/T-Rex, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis IN

$6.25 $3.75

The Penny Men®

2 in stock

Add to Wishlist
Compare
SKU: INIndianapolis001 Categories: Dinosaurs, Indiana, Museums, Retired, The Penny Men® Brand: The Penny Men®
  • Description
  • Additional information
  • Reviews (0)

Description


This circulated coin is uncleaned, shows wear and tear and is pressed on a copper-plated zinc penny.

 

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis Logo

Dinosphere Logo

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis1 is the world’s largest children’s museum. It is 472,900 square feet with five floors of exhibit halls. Its collection of over 120,000 artifacts and exhibit items are divided into three domains: the American Collection, the Cultural World Collection, and the Natural World Collection. Among the exhibits are a simulated Cretaceous dinosaur habitat, a carousel, and a steam locomotive. Because the museum’s targeted audience is children, most exhibits are designed to be interactive allowing children to actively participate.

Founded in 1925 by Mary Stewart Carey with the help of Indianapolis civic leaders and organizations, it is the fourth oldest such institution in the world.

There are two machines here.

Machine One, located near the food court, across from the big water clock. Designs are:

  1. Polar Bear Martimus
  2. Sarcophagus Wenuhotep
  3. Steam engine Reuben Wills
  4. Former Museum logo

Machine Two, located in the lower level between restrooms and Lilly Theater. Designs are:

  1. Dinosphere© logo with Kelsey the Triceratops and Bucky the Teenage Tyrannosaurus Rex
  2. Running T-Rex
  3. Lilly Theater comedy and tragedy masks
  4. Spacequest Planetarium’s starry sky image

Both machines are past security and require admission. If guard is available and you ask politely they may escort to machines.

Journey back 65 million years to the Cretaceous Period2 and experience the world of dinosaurs like never before. You’ll be immersed in the sounds, smells, and sights of the time period as you explore one of the largest displays of real juvenile and family dinosaur fossils in the United States.

  • Come face to face with more than 14 full-size dinosaur skeletons
  • Talk with real paleontologists
  • Touch a real dinosaur bone
  • Participate in a hands-on dinosaur dig
  • See one of the finest collections of dinosaur art in the nation.

About Triceratops3

  • Triceratops could be as tall as a basketball goal (10 feet), and as long as three basketball goals laid end-to-end (30 feet), and could weigh as much as three cars (six tons).
  • A Triceratops’ eyes helped it defend itself. They were on the sides of its head and helped it scan for any predators coming after it.
  • A Triceratops’skull is bumpy (scientists refer to this as “rugosity”). Some scientists think this bumpiness might have been a sign of old age.
  • Triceratops were herbivores, which means they ate plants instead of meat.
  • Because a Triceratops was so big, it ate many pounds of plants a day. It ate low-lying plants such as ferns and cycads.
  • Scientists think it may have used its horns to knock down small trees and then snipped off the leaves with its parrot-shaped beak.
  • Scientists know some of the plants it ate by studying phytoliths, tiny parts of plants that left scratch marks on fossilized dinosaur teeth or remained between teeth after they fossilized.
  • Scientists debate whether Triceratops lived in herds. Some think they might have roamed the Cretaceous forests on their own and did not migrate.

About Tyrannosaurs4

  • Tyrannosaurs were carnivores, meaning, they ate meat instead of plants.
  • Adult tyrannosaurs were one of the largest and most powerful of all predatory dinosaurs.
  • Some other dinosaurs, such as a large duckbill or Triceratops, may have been too big and powerful for a T. rex to kill by itself.
  • Some scientists think tyrannosaurs worked together in families or groups to kill prey.
  • Tyrannosaurs had a strong sense of smell, powerful legs and forward-looking eyes which allowed them to quickly spot and focus on prey.
  • Fully grown tyrannosaurs were relatively lightweight for their size because their bones were hollow and they had large openings in their skulls.

  1. Source: PennyCollector.com ↩

  2. Source: ChildrensMuseum.org ↩

  3. Source: ChildrensMuseum.org ↩

  4. Source: ChildrensMuseum.org ↩

Additional information

Country of Manufacture

United States of America

Condition

Acceptable

Circulated or Uncirculated?

Circulated

Composition

Copper-plated Zinc (97.5% Zinc, 2.5% Copper)

Mass (Weight)

2.5 Grams

Manufacturer

The Penny Men®

Engraver

The Penny Men®

Cleaned or Uncleaned?

Uncleaned

Year Minted

Unknown

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Retired Dinosphere© Logo Triceratops/T-Rex, Children’s Museum of Indianapolis IN” Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You may also like…

  • Sale! Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dinosaur Exhibit, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington

    Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dinosaur Exhibit, Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington

    $3.50 $2.00
    Read more
  • Sale! Retired Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil “Sue”, The Field Museum, Chicago Illinois Penny

    Retired Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil “Sue”, The Field Museum, Chicago Illinois Penny

    $6.25 $3.75
    Read more
  • Sale! Flying Bald Eagle - Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, Evansville, Indiana Copper

    Flying Bald Eagle – Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden, Evansville, Indiana Copper

    $7.50 $4.75
    Add to cart
  • Sale! T-Rex, Jurassic Park, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, CA California

    T-Rex, Jurassic Park, Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal City, CA California

    $3.50 $2.00
    Read more

Related products

  • Sale! Alpine Village of Helen, Das Ist Leather (This Is Leather), Georgia Copper Penny

    Retired Alpine Village of Helen, Das Ist Leather/This Is Leather, Georgia Copper

    $7.00 $4.25
    Read more
  • Retired Crossed Bats, MLB, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim, Baseball CA California

    Retired Crossed Bats, MLB, Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim, Baseball CA California

    $5.50
    Add to cart
  • Sale! Retired Official Birdhouse - See Rock City Gardens, Lookout Mountain, GA Georgia

    Retired Official Birdhouse – See Rock City Gardens, Lookout Mountain, GA Georgia

    $7.50 $4.75
    Read more
  • Sale! Gaia, the Amur Tiger, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden Evansville Indiana Copper

    Gaia, the Amur Tiger, Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden Evansville Indiana Copper

    $6.75 $4.00
    Add to cart

Copyright © 2023 ElongatedCoins.org