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I had seen this post quite a while ago. I just got a Modern Canadian dime that was caught between the rotating drum and the chassis and just looked slightly reduced in size but the rim built up a little bit. I could hear something odd when the dryer was rotating, but didn't know what it was. I finally saw the dime caught between the rubber and the drum and fished it it. It never banged against anything ... it was just getting worn away by the drum. Very interesting...this backs up the idea shown on the first page of this thread that coins can get trapped and roll around the drum.
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Excellent thread! Thanks Earle42 for the detailed info and such great pictures.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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First time I have read this thread. I have seen a lot of dryer coins over the years. I know that now. Thanks. |
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 Very happy and pleased to know this is still helping people after all this time. 
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Very happy and pleased to know this is still helping people after all this time.  The importance of having good, detailed information in a topic. 
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Did you pull this one out from between the tubs of a commercial dryer or washing machine?
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Did you pull this one out from between the tubs of a commercial dryer or washing machine? It came from here... http://goccf.com/t/414693
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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for that link jbuck. I see that in that thread all that is made is a statement by the OP saying it is a dryer coin. This is at the end of the thread after everyone told him it was just a typically damaged/ground down coin. The physics of this being tumbled between the metal tubs of a washer or dryer is not evident. Most home machines are no longer two metal tubs, and I don't know what a coin being tumbled between plastic and metal would look like though. 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-rbj9fir2 |
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Think commercial dryers at laundromats. I've known a teller for years, working at a branch that happens to serve a couple commercial laundromats. Occasionally, owner/operators come in to deposit/exchange coins from their business. Some of the coins exhibit strong dryer coin characteristics. These coins are typically discovered when then dryers are opened up for maintenance--the coins are found in the inner workings, with some showing signs of 'being in there' for long periods of time. |
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Very happy and pleased to know this is still helping people after all this time. And still is. Thank-you!
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Quote:Think commercial dryers at laundromats. I've known a teller for years, working at a branch that happens to serve a couple commercial laundromats. Occasionally, owner/operators come in to deposit/exchange coins from their business. Some of the coins exhibit strong dryer coin characteristics. These coins are typically discovered when then dryers are opened up for maintenance--the coins are found in the inner workings, with some showing signs of 'being in there' for long periods of time. See the start of the thread. 
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dryer coin? 1944 Philippines 50 centavos I found this in my parents' "penny jar" back in the 60s, and always thought that it had been hammered. But after reading this excellent thread by Earl42, I'm inclined to think it is a dryer coin. And yes, I had to acquired another one for comparison purposes, because coins!  By the way, my grandfather operated a dry cleaner in a small town from the '40s through the '70s. He had gathered more small pen knives and such than you would imagine.   
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Thanks for posting. I don't remember seeing a non-US dryer coin before. |
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