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Pillar of the Community
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Found this roll searching. It is 2.5 mm thick(as opposed to a normal nickel at 1.8)and is 20.6 mm in diameter(normal nickel,21.2 mm). My first impulse was "dryer" coin but there is no "spooning" on the rim, it is perfectly flat. Any ideas what might be going on? The more I look at, and contemplate it I believe it was struck this way. Oh, it weighs perfectly at 5 grams.  |
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New Member
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Pillar of the Community
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Resembles a Dryer Coin from what I can see, but I can't see the edge, which as you say, is not spooned. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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It looks tampered with. The edges appear rounded and not flat?
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Pillar of the Community
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Coop,the edges are thick so they look curved in the scan but they are completely flat. When you see it from the side it looks like a thin piece has been added to each side of the original planchet. I tried to get a picture but couldn't get it to show up.When I first found it I thought it was a double thick planchet but the weight eliminated that possibility. It may be tampered with but it doesn't look like it,again,there is no spooning effect on the rim.
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Pillar of the Community
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The area just inside the rim looks swollen and buckled. A sure sign of compression.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Pillar of the Community
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Mike,funny you should say that because after my last post I noticed the obverse seems to be slightly concave and the reverse slightly convex in the center so a squeeze makes sense. Would you figure an Encased Coin or a Dryer Coin then?since there doesn't appear to be any "spooning".Or is there some other explanation? |
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Rest in Peace
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The rim is irregular. Maybe a Dryer Coin that someone tried to flatten in a vise? |
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Pillar of the Community
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Would a nickel that spent some time going through the nickel slots in Vegas look like this?
Do slots that use nickels still exist?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'd say your first impulse was the correct one.
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Posted 04/04/2010 6:25 pm
