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Formerly nancyc
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Great info Earle!  I'm going to keep a link to your thread, that way when someone posts a Dryer Coin with their hyped up explanation of it being on a 'thick' planchet, I'll just post the link. BTW, I love your signature, pity not many seem to read it or understand it. Quote:
They're over there with their car. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Bedrock of the Community
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Good educational first post and discussion. It should help those who were curios to understand why some oddball coins present themselves as they do. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ilikeikes...that quarter looks like it was soaked in acid.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow, some of these are insanely thick! Pretty neat! This is my most dramatic example, found in a coinstar reject tray a month or so ago.. 198X shown next to the nice 1947 wheatie I got back in change the same day (actually got two but this one was in relatively nice condition the other was average circulated)    |
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Pillar of the Community
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so was I...in the 60's..........
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for sharing. Very interesting, always wondered how a dryer could do this to a metal coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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so was I...in the 60's..........  |
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Very interesting, always wondered how a dryer could do this to a metal coin. Coins are relatively soft metal in the grand scheme of things, aside nickel. And dryers are steel, which is not so soft. Dryer wins, every time. A Dryer Coin is rather like being nibbled to death by ducks - it takes a long time but it's inevitable. |
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Nathan, Would you PLEASE put that nice 1947 wheatie in a 2x2 and STOP handling it!! You are  me out! Edited by iontyre
04/26/2014 1:37 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:Nathan, Would you PLEASE put that nice 1947 wheatie in a 2x2 and STOP handling it!! You are me out!  ummm.... Quite frankly... No.... Lol... This is not 2x2 worthy to me  . For an AU, possibly (but very doubtful) low MS late date wheat? Why? I'm sure it'll be just fine being it was pulled from circulation (at a small engine shop none the less, and was handed to me by grease covered hands) and has had more than it's share of grubby fingers all over it... I hardly think picking it up by the rims and resting it on my finger is going to effect it in anyway that will make a noticeable difference. Not to mention this will be quite literally tossed into my assorted "wheat bucket" with thousands of it's peers, that I randomly give young/new numismatist's and friends children who express any interest in coins. If I find a coin in circulation and it can't upgrade one of my sets it gets put in one of three buckets (wheat, copper, silver). And I rarely wear gloves  when working with my coins, unless it's somewhat valuable or a proof... I know which are "glove worthy", to me at least, and how to handle them... lol... And this isn't. Sorry... Again... lol . |
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Bedrock of the Community
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@NathanASE It also looks like your Dryer Coin had other "work" done on it the way its bent up. @ilikeikes Nitric acid will do this wihtin minutes. I used to do it with (common!) coins to show students an acid eating metal. @Neval Being a teacher is in the blood - just like numismatics - glad some people get it  How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2Edited by Earle42
04/27/2014 4:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:It also looks like your Dryer Coin had other "work" done on it the way its bent up. I was wondering about that... I meant to ask but forgot, but that was the reason I posted the side view. Lol, so thank you for clearing that up |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What an informative thread! How did I miss this when it came out? The quarters "washed" down to dime-size are amazing! Edited by DVCollector
04/28/2014 12:04 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Great post Earle. I could never understand how someone could leave a coin in the regular tub to that much damage.
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