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You all are welcome, and glad to be of help  I have been wanting to do this for awhile and finally found one of the bunches of these so pics were possible. @sel Quote:If you can get dryer coins, it follows that you can get coined dryers. Must be an accepted risk in their operation, and repair bills to be paid for, the repair bill costs added to the cost of using the dryer. Good theory, but I do not ever remember my Grandfather telling me we were going to take apart a machine to get out the coins from between the tubs. This was back in the 60s and 70s when things were made well though. The front loading washers were Westinghouse Streamliner RL-1s:  These had thicker, heavy inner and outer tubs as did the dryers. The dryers were the large, tall ones with very large tubs - still found along a wall in modern laundromats. - When I value " being right" more than what IS right, I am then right...a fool. - How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? - Real men play Fizzbin.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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very cool, Earl!  |
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Moderator
United States
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Excellent post! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:If you can get dryer coins, it follows that you can get coined dryers.  So do coined dryers carry a premium?  Awesome post Earle42 - bookmarked for future reference! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1109 Posts |
This kind of makes me want to take a handful of coin change and keep running it through a dryer for six months.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5590 Posts |
@skyshark
Remember commercial machines are running many, many more times a day than the average machine. Also, unless you just decided to leave no clothes in there with them, you likely would get nothing but very dry clothes and clothes-polished coins.
- When I value " being right" more than what IS right, I am then right...a fool. - How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? - Real men play Fizzbin. |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Fascinating photos! Excellent thread -- thanks for starting it up!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Simply amazing. Thanks alot Earle42!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Another great post Earle !
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Pillar of the Community
United Arab Emirates
557 Posts |
Earle42, very informative. Thank you.
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Valued Member
United States
120 Posts |
Thanks for teaching Earle. That's one of the nobler aspects of our hobby. In 1974, Mr Kearns had a gas station (full service & garage of course) with a small coin shop in the back. Looking back, I remember how he was a natural at teaching us kids about coins. Making proofs, double dies, explaining bag marks, etc. Hats off to you Bill Kearns in that big Coin Shop in the sky. Anyway, I found my first dryer coin. A1946 LWC. It's not too severe but has the flaring/ mushrooming. After explaining how the coin came to be deformed so, my wife & some friends THINK ME A GOD! Well maybe not but they were impressed. Thanks |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@ Jlafever.. I am so humbled to have had some small part in your achieving deity status - a very big honor indeed . Seriously - I got a good chuckle out of that part of your post  I truly am honored this thread can be used by others. The CCF family has given me so much, I like to feel like I can give something back. Funny thing about all this that I just thought of... I never have found a dryer coin in circulation! - When I value " being right" more than what IS right, I am then right...a fool. - How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? - Real men play Fizzbin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Earl42, you are now officially the dryer coin guru! (at least in my book) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank You so much...Now I know exactly what a dryer coin is and how it got that way. Wow, very interesting. |
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