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New to the forum-curious if anyone with even limited knowledge would take a look at few pics of this quarter I just submitted to NCS two weeks ago,even the coin shop was perplexed-we both originally agreed it was struck on nickel planchet,weight is exactly 5 grams,perfectly smooth edge zero reeds,but the kicker is it appears to be copper clad stock as you can see a copper core on the edge? Appreciate any opinions-I'm goin to put the pics up here soon as I figure this out,thanks!
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 That is odd, not really sure what caused that but one of the experts will chime in. |
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the first image made me think a Dryer Coin, but that edge picture almost looks like the edge was ground to fit in a holder  |
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The weight is 5 grams exactly-wouldn't that say nickel planchet?
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It seems 1970 and 1971 Denver mint had a lot of strange metal and planchet errors
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Unfortunately, it is just a damaged coin. It's commonly referred to as a " Dryer Coin", because coins that get stuck inside commercial clothes dryers for a long period of time will look like this. They bang around inside the fins and the outside of the drum, and the repeated pounding will smooth the rim and cause it to roll up and over the outer devices of the coin. It's similar to a process called "spooning" where a person would bang on the edge of a silver coin to make the rim wide and smooth, then drill out the inside, and sand it down to make a silver ring. You coin also shows mushy letters which is also caused by bouncing around in the dryer. Dave |
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The weight is 5 grams exactly-wouldn't that say nickel planchet? Or a quarter planchet that has lost 12% of it's weight due to what ever reduced it's diameter. |
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Looks like someone hit it on the edge against a hard surface
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Hit it on the edge? Example? And be able to keep it perfectly round and smooth? Either way will have the answer from NCS in few weeks I guess-my daughter found it a few years ago and finally showed it to me couple months ago so whatever it turns out to be it's hers-worse case I spent 17$ for her,no sweat-I submitted an uncirculated '72 type 2 Ike dollar at the same time that I never even knew I had in my stash so can't wait to see what that gets graded at |
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Looks like it got ground down to fit inside a bezel -- maybe it used to be on a key chain or something,
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Just curious cause in pretty new to error coins but have been doing lot of reading-anyway what do you see that makes you say it looks to be ground down? Just curious what I'm missing as I don't see any signs of being ground down or lopsided or any signs of grinding whatsoever-now the other guys explanations of a Dryer Coin...I've never seen one of those but sounds more realistic,as far as grinding I just don't get it? And there's no holes or any other signs of tampering that I can tell-to my untrained eye it looks exactly like all the quarter struck on nickel planchet pics that I've looked at and I looked at quite a lot lately but like I said I'm new to this tho-but I see what I see so just wondering why nobody says it could be nickel planchet and wanna learn what is so blatant that I'm missing here? Thanks guys |
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And everything forum that I've read all the experts say to weigh it and that's the one definitive way to know...well I weighed it and it comes in at exactly 5 grams-but you guys are basically saying there's no way it's nickel planchet,correct?
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Posted 03/23/2014 8:36 pm
