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 Posted 04/17/2012  12:26 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add EnigmaticMindx to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hey numismo, that quarter is a sweet lookin Dryer Coin, i'll give ya 5 bucks if ya wanna sell it :) I may be odd but I think some Dryer Coins are pretty cool looking.
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 Posted 10/17/2012  10:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Exitilus to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
From my basic research this appears to be a Dryer Coin but wanted to put it out there for a more professional opinion. It's about a 16th of an inch smaller all the way around and the edges are rounded. For some reason my camera wouldn't focus on it but hopefully you can see it well enough. It's a 1996 Washington quarter.

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 Posted 10/18/2012  09:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wquinn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So is someone going to put in a half dollar or a dollar coin in their dryer now, to see what they will look like?

It would be an interesting test.
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 Posted 10/18/2012  4:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cladking to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The quarter has wear consistent with being in a dryer or some rotating equipment.

The nickle looks like someone has removed the rim with a file. This is sometimes done to speed up the wear on a pocket piece and since coins wear from the top down and end up convex on both surfaces the alterations becomes invisible in time.

I believe most of these are simply pocket pieces that were inadvertantly lost or spent before they became highly worn.
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 Posted 10/01/2014  10:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bob Levi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My thought on the nickle being a Dryer Coin... Maybe I'm too young but, do or did dryers take nickels?
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 Posted 10/04/2014  11:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Here you go.

Dryer Coins 101
Many pictures, explanations, etc.

https://goccf.com/t/143863
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My thought on the nickle being a Dryer Coin... Maybe I'm too young but, do or did dryers take nickels?
Bob, I think you may be confusing "coin-operated" with "coin fell out of pocket of jeans in the dryer".
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 Posted 10/05/2014  8:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bob Levi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think your right. Lol! I guess I shoulda done more research before asking.
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