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j_h_s Pillar of the Community United States 1934 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 11:50 am I shrunk the pinny. Anyone ever seen one of these? It's about a quarter inch in diameter. Image: 1964shrunk.jpg 89.51 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Homer1 Valued Member 138 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 11:54 am Yes, I have one, but would have to find it. I got it from some promotion, can't remember which one? Report this Post to the Staff
Sawmill Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 12:16 pm Google "coin shrinking" and you can find a description of the process and a gallery with lots of pictures. These guys charge up a huge capacitor and then discharge it quickly through a coil, producing an enormous electro-magnetic field. This procedure apparently has some serious industrial applications but someone also discovered that it can be used to shrink coins. A coin treated this way will have a smaller diameter but the thickness will increase - there shouldn't be any loss of metal. Report this Post to the Staff
j_h_s Pillar of the Community United States 1934 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 1:27 pm sawmill said, "This procedure apparently has some serious industrial applications but someone also discovered that it can be used to shrink coins." That's just hilarious Report this Post to the Staff
Lucky_13 Pillar of the Community United States 749 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 1:45 pm I bought a bunch of these in the Wisconsin Dells about 9 yrs ago. I have 3 1972 Ikes 3 1964 Pennys 1 1974 Kennedy 1 1978 Nickel 1 1988 Walker Report this Post to the Staff
Bilbo Pillar of the Community United States 812 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 3:01 pm The cent in your picture sure doesn't look like it could have anywhere near the same amount of metal as in a 'normal' cent. I'm sure this isn't a real cent that has been shrunk, but rather a crude miniature copy. Report this Post to the Staff
jbakic Valued Member United States 251 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 3:45 pm I've got a set of these that I won in a pay it forward contest. Includes: 1972 Ike, 1974 Kennedy, 1938 Buffalo, 1914 Mercury, 1978 quarter and 1964 Lincoln Cent. Of course, they are not real, they didn't even make a 1914 Mercury dime...but they are all pretty cool. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
madzdad71 Valued Member United States 377 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 5:11 pm OMG!! These guys have to be half nuts.. That seems like an awful large amount of electricity to be toying around with. http://205.243.100.155/frames/shrinkergallery.html Report this Post to the Staff
foundinrolls Pillar of the Community United States 3507 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 5:37 pm Many of these are not created by using a real coin. There are sets of "mini" coins sold as novelties . I have a set around here someplace. They are made by novelty companies and include denominations from cents to dollars. There are a few people actually using the electrical process described but most if not all of the "mini" coins encountered will be from one of these sets made outside the Mint. I don't know if the piece shown above is one of the "Frankenstein" like creations or one of the novelty coins:-) Thanks, Bill Edited by foundinrolls 02/11/2008 5:39 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sawmill Valued Member United States 62 Posts	Posted 02/11/2008 6:10 pm quote: OMG! These guys have to be half nuts.. That seems like an awful large amount of electricity to be toying around with. Did you catch the fact that occasionally coins fail to be completely shrunk because their work coil blows itself up? Report this Post to the Staff
Homer1 Valued Member 138 Posts	Posted 02/14/2008 09:32 am I found a miniature Mercury dime in live Auctioneers. They call it "the Lords prayer coin" prayer on the smallest coin. This coin was made for the 1893 World's Fair dated 1914 although the Mercury dime didn't arrive until 1916. Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 02/14/2008 3:22 pm quote: 1893 World's Fair dated 1914 although the Mercury dime didn't arrive until 1916. Great scot! They must have put 1.21 gigawatts through that coin and sent it back through time. Edited by KurtS 02/14/2008 3:26 pm Report this Post to the Staff
bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24154 Posts	Posted 02/14/2008 3:52 pm I learned something cool poking around that site. Did you know the was such a thing as negative and positive lightning? Positive lightning very rarely hits the ground and is much more powerful. Here's a photo of positive lightning. I can't argue, I looked at the photo, and I'm positive that's lightning. Do you think the person that took that photo had to go change? Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
NGiles Pillar of the Community United States 527 Posts	Posted 02/14/2008 6:11 pm I thought my leg was getting pulled clear through the internet. I looked at the site and it is pretty cool. I want one. Report this Post to the Staff
bmanofnbc Pillar of the Community United States 1424 Posts	Posted 02/14/2008 6:28 pm that gives new meaning to the term "small change" Report this Post to the Staff
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