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Holy Cow. Sensory overload.
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Did that thing go through an industrial dryer a few times or what!? Wow.
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Maybe it took a spin in a rock tumbler....? Looks like pretty severe damage for a dryer.
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Silver or clad? Can you tell?
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Clad. The rim around the coin is copper colored.
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Wow  I've seen some pretty bad examples of damage before, but that's crazy! |
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My guess is a nuclear blast...did you check it with your Geiger Counter?
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Quote:
Maybe it took a spin in a rock tumbler....? Looks like pretty severe damage for a dryer Would have to be a heckuva tumbler, too. |
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That's awesome. Where did you find it?
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I got it at a coin show in a junk box.
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Looks like someone shrinky-dinked it ( remember that stuff? ) lol
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 Perhaps somebody tried to make a "shrunken quarter"  |
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That is amazing! Agreed ... perhaps the all-time Dryer Coin. Thanks for the photos.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Weren't those shrunken quarters made by zapping them with high amps of energy?
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Posted 01/22/2012 4:23 pm
