Dryer Coins? Kennedy Half And Lincoln Cent

The "D" mint mark is clearly visible on the reverse, making this a 1964.

Ha Ha. Very funny. Did I mention I was a noobie. It even shows it in my Red Book.

And the teller said that there wasn't any silver in there. I also found a 1974 clip, and a ugly 1977 s proof from the same 4 rolls.

Thanks KurtS, I like it too.

Thanks, Mike

Hi Again,
The idea here was to indicate that something can be identified by small details. There was very little left of this coin but it had to be a coin minted with a certain date and at a certain Mint. Of course the piece is a 1964 D.

Honing this attention to detail is how Chuck and I can sometimes look at a portion of a coin in a picture and without seeing the date, indicate what date the coin is.

This coin was an interesting one in that one detail was all that was needed to identify the coin as to its date and mintmark, if it was noticed.

In education, we call this the "discovery method" of teaching.

So...this was not any kind of joke intended to be funny. This was an educational experience that had a humorous aspect to it.

Detail, detail and more detail makes the study of die varieties and errors fun.

Have Fun,
Bill

Hi. Thanks for all the info. I'm learning so much. It's hard to keep up.

Thanks again, Mike

Hi Coop,

Just to clarify... Coins with the frozen date of 1964 were struck at Philadelphia with no mintmark until 1966.

Kennedy halves were struck with a 1964 date and the D mintmark into 1965.

The mint in Denver also produced dimes in 1965 and 1966 dated and mintmarked 1964-D

The San Fransisco Mint even got into the act producing 1964 dated quarters in 1965 and 1966 but on those, no mintmarks were used.

There were no mintmarks used at all on coins dated 1965, 1966 or 1967.

The above pertains to silver issues but cents and nickels were struck dated 1964 or 1964 D later than 1964 and 200 million 1964 cents with no mintmarks were coined in San Fransisco in 1965.

It's a confusing bit of coinage history.

Thanks,
Bill

That's not entirely accurate.

Dryer Coins really are coins that have become stuck inside the fins of commercial dryers in laundromats all over the country. The coins are tumbled continuously while inside the fins. That beats the edges up.

Coins that are used in casinos can show a similar effect but that is as a result of being used in the slot machines and as suggested, use over time in the slots will damage the edges of the coins. Often we see half dollar coins with no reeding as a result of having been used in slot machines for an extended period of time.

Thanks,
Bill

Here's the most dramatic Dryer Coin I own. It looks like someone took a blowtorch to it.

Whenever I get halves about 40% are damaged from slot machines. Man are they ugly!