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Hi, My first question in looking at this one would be is it coated with anything? If it was not, I might have difficulty saying for sure if this coin was , as the others in this thread, a " Dryer Coin". As seen on the cent below, the letters become rounded and flattened and ultimately, although they haven't entirely yet will be worn away. I posted this one because the nickel has an effect that is seen on Dryer Coins where the edge folds over and "creeps" over the details around the edge. That also appears on this cent. If you look above the IN GOD WE TRUST and above the word LIBERTY, you can see the beginning of the metal moving in a direction toward the center of the coin. So, that folding over of the rim does occur on Dryer Coins. This is another one that was given to me after it was taken out of a dryer by the owner of a laundromat in PA.   |
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Hi, My next post will include a coin that is made of the post 1982 copper-plated zinc composition. This is to address the question of the appearance of doubling that occurs as metal is moved around. This coin was also removed from inside the fin of a commercial clothes dryer. It was not in very long and the plating is not evenly removed. The lettering has begun to take on that flattened appearance. You can see what looks like doubling on the E PLURIBUS UNUM but it is simply metal being pushed around.  |
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The next picture will be of the reverse of a Jefferson nickel. Nickel being an extremely hard material takes more time to exhibit the effects of being stuck in a dryer. Again taken from a dryer and handed to me, this coin shows the early stages of the letters becoming rounded and flattened. The rim is just staring to roll over into the lettering and fields of the coin. Nickel being hard would probably wear to a smoother surface if it tumbled with other coins for an extended period of time such as the hypothetical year that I will mention next. If Mike's nickel (shown earlier in the thread, posted by me) is indeed not coated with something (I suspect that Mike will answer that in a post later in this forum) it could possibly be a coin that was stuck in a dryer fin for an extended period of time, perhaps a year or more. That would account for the dramatic movement of metal, the lack of detail, and the smooth surface. So here is my "early stage" dryer nickel.  |
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I have one other idea on Mike's coin and I will post on that tomorrow.
Thanks,
Bill
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06/06/2008 02:00 am
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That was a fascinating gallery of drier coins! And I thought laundromats were boring?
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The coin is not coated. Most of the "dryer" coins I come across have this smooth appearance. Perhaps the percussion marks are smoothed out by the coins being tumbled with clothing. Perhaps the rags and garments act like polishing cloths.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Perhaps the rags and garments act like polishing cloths. I suspect you've just hit on it, right there. |
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That wouldnt be it, to clarify what a Dryer Coin is. It is a coin that gets caught inside one of the fins, called "vanes" on the inside of a dryer. They are not tumbling with clothing. They are being tumbled with other coins, keys or whatever that would be able to get under the seam of the vane. I'll try to get a picture of a ane posted so you see what I mean. There is a slight gap where it contacts the inside of the drum. Thanks, Bill |
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