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New Member
Australia
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Hey I was looking through a few coins that were given to me and found this 1c. The rim on the coin isn't flat it is rounded. It is also a lot higher than on any I've ever seen (can see shadow cast on 1 coin and barely on the other). The coin also has a crack about .5mm in all the way around the rim on both sides. Both rev and obv seem to have a higher rim. Is this an error or PMD?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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If you sit it on top of a standard 1c does the high rim fit snug inside the normal one?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
750 Posts |
Most curious .....  Edited by The Unicorn
12/11/2013 11:55 pm
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New Member
 Australia
45 Posts |
It is slighty smaller but it doesn't fit snug.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
750 Posts |
I was thinking that Flippy, but wasn't sure if they ever used 1c pieces in them?
The legend appears too close to the rim for it to be a minting issue too I think.
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New Member
Australia
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I have the exact same error coin and was told its a bottle cap, it stuck to the die and got hammers a few times.  |
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New Member
Australia
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This is another one I found, has wider rim (twice as wide as normal) and fits inside another 1 cent.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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That last one looks spooned or a Dryer Coin. For the OP's coin, reverse pics would help. |
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New Member
Australia
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chequer, please explain " Dryer Coin" , how does it happen ? (and whats "OP'S" mean when you say pic of other side ? ) |
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Australia
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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A Dryer Coin has been in a tumble dryer for many many hours and OP is original poster, in this case, 4ddrft.  life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Well there you go ..... here was me thinking that a Dryer Coin was a coin that had been inserted into a coin operated dryer and there was some mechanical operation that held pressure on a rotating coin for the paid period of time whilst the dryer operated. Guess I overthought that term eh!  |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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If you hold a coin on a hard surface on it's edge, lightly tap the top edge with a small hammer or similar, turn the coin ever so slightly and keep doing this for days on end, you can achieve the same result as you get with a Dryer Coin. The softer the metal, the quicker the process. Soldiers used to do it a lot with large silver coins, but they'd usually cut/drill out the centre of the coin and turn it into a ring and sometimes the legend could still be read inside the ring. A variety of Trench Art I suppose. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Posted 12/11/2013 11:54 pm
