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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Naaaaaa, ain't no stinkin train track coin. I know,  , I have some. Will post shortly what a train does to a coin. Aside from the metal, nothing else is recognizable except for the metal. Jim "The devil made me do it" |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree a train makes a coin kinda look like a elongated coin and flattens out the design so much you cant tell what it was unless you know what kind of metal each coin is made of and go by that
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02/02/2007 9:09 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't think train either.Most train coins are flat,thin pieces of metal with no obverse or reverse at all.
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I agree that when run over by a modern day freight or AmTrak train, you are lucky to make out any of the design.
However, last summer we were in Durango, Colorado, for a family reunion. Our condo was located right next to the railroad tracks of the old narrow gauge train. We laid coins on the track and then watched as the old steam engine and the passenger cars ran over them. Due to the lighter weight, the coins weren't smashed out of recognition, and the designs could still be recognized.
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Valued Member
United States
100 Posts |
Looks like it was found in a gravel parking lot or gravel driveway. There for sometime by the looks of it. BIRD OUT
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Valued Member
United States
342 Posts |
Trains "spread" coins. That one has just been abused.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
Wow what a beautiful nickel. It almost looks like it was walked on about 20,000 times.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
looks like some one used it as a shim or spacer for something.one thing is for sure it has had a very ruff life lol
Gary
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with those above who negate the train theory, used to do that in the 50's and the effect is totally different. Here is my take on it:
It was turned into the bank by a plumber who recently replaced someones "sink-a-rater", one of those garbage disposal grinders under the kitchen sink. Or maybe it made it further down the line to the "p" trap and was rescued there.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't believe a train would leave it that nice. It's not one to send in for grading. If I found that I would just keep if for the story of a roll find. Categorized under miscellaneous and stored in a zip lock in the treasure chest.
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Moderator
 United States
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Spiffy! Now I have a reason to post a pic! This is a Penny placed underneath a hard drive platter. It was 3 in the morning and boredom reigns in college dorm life. Image:  Lincoln Platter 1.jpg93.18 KB Image: Lincoln Platter 2.jpg92.09 KB |
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Valued Member
United States
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I think it belongs to me...we use to put coins on the railroad
tracks when we were kids...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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mila, I am positive that that nickel went through a scrap metal recycling shredder. I use to work at a scrap metal recycling center about 10 years ago. they have a huge steel shredder that a crane would load junk cars into. it then shreds the car apart into little 6-10 inch pieces. the pices would go down a conveyer anything that was magnetic it would go one way anything that wasnt would go the other way. I use to work on the conveyer that non magnetic stuff would go through and would get about 3 dollars or more a day of dammaged coins. alot of them look just like the nickel you have.
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03/31/2007 11:18 pm
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Valued Member
United States
342 Posts |
I like the garbage disposal theory.
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