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Lincoln Cent Very Strange Error

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I have not seen this before I was wondering if anyone here has
The rim is in good shape except for 4 to 5:30 and from 7 to 10:00 on the obverse
The reverse shows the copper actually starting to split from 1:00 all the way around to 11:00 on the reverse. Any help is appreciated.

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the obverse is a RIM Cud, I'm sure of . and the rest is a Grease Filled Die, I think. the thing from 1 to 11 uis lamination
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 Posted 03/02/2010  8:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tumbleweedtrumpet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a Dryer Coin.
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That is one ugly penny.
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Was thinking Cud and lamination. How do you tell a Dryer Coin from late die state w/wear vs very late die state?
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The rims look a little inward.
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I see what you mean. So is that responsible for the " Cud" and lamination?

Or is it a Cud, lamination, AND Dryer Coin?
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Dryer coin. Here are a number of examples with different amounts of damage. Notice the tell tale reduced diameter and rolled effect on the rim.


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Cool. Thanks for the pics.
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Not an error, not a Cud, not a Grease Filled Die, not a lamination- just a damaged coin that was repeatedly tumbled in a commercial clothes dryer.
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Very Cool Thank You guys I learned something new today
Thank You for the responses
A dryer Wow. Never seen that one before

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Thanks from me as well. I learned from this thread, too. I've heard of Dryer Coins, I just didn't know what the telltale signs were. Thanks stewart for the post.
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As noted , it is a " Dryer Coin" but it did not turn out this way in a home dryer:-)

These fall out of peoples pockets at the laundromat when clothing is in the dryer. A commercial clothes dryer has fins on the inside that have a little gap where the fin is attached to the drum of the dryer. The coins get into the fin as the dryer rotates. Many coins rotating together in a fin of a commercial clothes dryer will damage each other in this way by the constant banging together of the coins. Occasionally, these things can be stuck inside a fin for up to six months or more. They are removed occasionally be a technician.

If you ever go to a laundromat and happen to hear a kachink, Kachink, kachink sound in a dryer as it is being used, you are hearing Dryer Coins being created:-)

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 Posted 03/03/2010  07:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jim1953 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Bill, you obviously have not seen my wife dry clothes at home. LOL
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