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DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 04/06/2009 12:20 pm Oh brother! Haven't we seen enough of these to be satisfied with the rather plausible explanation, one which incidentally is supported by Foundinroll's experience and many other documented cases? Not just one single case--but many. Pretty mundane topic to boot. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/06/2009 1:01 pm Quote: Conder, I have been given a small handful of coins that were removed from the inside of a commercial dryer in a Laundromat in Myerstown, PA many years ago. So I have seen them first hand right out of the dryer. I've seen them right out of dryers too. I'm not arguing that a dryer won't do that because I know it can. (I've seen a dime that was in one so longe the the edges had been beaten and curled so much they nearly met at the center of the coin.) Report this Post to the Staff
Jim Archibald Valued Member United States 198 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 09:44 am Another interesting thread, I've always refered to these as "tapped" as opposed to "spooned" but that just symantics. I'd never heard of this " Dryer Coin" thing, it's really interesting! One of my club member just recently sent me a 1973 Cent that had rims that were beaten down and thickened, and was the diameter of a Dime. This explains it! I actually wear a 1907 Barber half dollar ring, and am very familiar with these rings. I just couldn't figure out why someone would waste their time with a Cent, thanks for the info! I've been a collector 40+ years and I learned something here already! ~ Jim Report this Post to the Staff
Jazzcoins Valued Member United States 301 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 10:30 am Well I have experimented many times as I stated in my previous threads all my results from a Dryer Coin game out bent and distorted not rounded and conformed. My theory still sticks to what I have said in experimental cases. I also spooned a cent which the hole of the cent was large enough to fit on a little kids finger . So that;s why the spooned theory is more logical to believe then a Dryer Coin theory. There are many other experts that call these coins spooned not Dryer Coins and I will name a few if you would like me too. I'm not saying that coins have been placed in a dryer but they do not come out rounded and conformed. A dime is smaller then a cent and I have spooned one to put on my granddaughters little finger. The answer to your question why a cent because a copper ring could be very appealing JAZEC Edited by Jazzcoins 04/07/2009 10:41 am Report this Post to the Staff
QuickSilver Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1077 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 10:49 am Apart from making your finger green that is! I am not disputing your Dryer Coin experiments Jazz coins, but your photo looks more like a spooned coin. The obverse and reverse show no wear? Before the edges curled over to protect them the flat faces would have been well beaten. This is what gives Dryer Coins that appearance. I would also have thought that to produce the distorted edges of your example there would have had to have been repeated strikes on the same point on the circumference (or very large impacts) rather than the constant, random tapping all the way around associated with a dryers actions. It is this constant tapping at every point on the circumference that ensures a Dryer Coin is perfectly round. A dryer on it's own would struggle to produce the evidence you show here. Unless it was stuck in the machine and repeatedly struck at only a few points, and unable to rattle about freely? Edited by QuickSilver 04/07/2009 10:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
Jazzcoins Valued Member United States 301 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 3:20 pm Well my friend that coin was put in a commercial dryer and that was the results so maybe the dryer theory is wrong after all JAZEC Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 04/07/2009 5:42 pm Jazz, your coin looks very symmetrical for lack of a better word. Very interesting. Can you post some different photos or different angles. I'm assuming the six month test was painful to wait for. Did you just receive this back from your friend? Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 04/08/2009 5:32 pm I am not getting into this argument again but. The coins that have the rim as well as the obverse and the reverse marred were in dryers that had a large number of coins stuck inside the fins. They tumble against each other and you can actually hear them if they are in there. When they tumble against each other everything is effected. If one coin is alone in a fin for awhile, or there are only a small number of coins stuck inside they are not being damaged on the obverse and reverse as much since there are not many other coins tumbling that can cause the damage. A coin in a fin by itself will only have the edge rounded down. The experiment done by Jazz is faulty unless a large number of coins was stuck in the fin together, which of course there weren't or he would have said so. Thanks, Bill Edited by foundinrolls 04/08/2009 5:36 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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