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Last week I went to my local deli to pick up a sandwich. After paying the clerk, I received a strange looking Jefferson nickel in change. Its either a 2006 or 2007 Jefferson nickel. The edge of the coin is curved. The obverse of the nickel is almost worn off except parts of the lettering around the side and Thomas Jefferson's face. The Reverse of the coin is also almost worn off, except for part of the lettering around the side and most of Monticello. I personally think this was post mint damage. I can't imagine why someone would do this and then place it in circulation.    I would like to hear any comments on this odd looking Jefferson. |
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Very unusual. I have never seen anything like it. Must be some sort of mint error.
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Very neat indeed. It almost looks like someone buffed it out after rounding the edges and removing the details on the obverse and reverse. Then again, it could be a mint error. Can't wait to see if someone knows more.
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that is strange. I wonder if it would be one of Bills Dryer Coins? or the coins that he was talking about in another thread. i don't think it is a mint error though unless it is a strange metal flaw that has a hollow center. that is the only way I see that this can come out looking like that. but I will leave this one up to the experts. just wanted to add my two or six cents Gary |
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Looks like someone finally took out that Dremel kit they got for XMAS.
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i think it looks more like someone hit it a few times between a couple pieces of leather. possibly to see what kind of error they could make. but dremels do have buffers for them too huh
Gary
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Could it be a die adjustment strike? Looks similar to a picture of one.
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As black as it looks it may have been in a fire or they tried to melt it.
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A company I used to work for had laundromats that I serviced the machines on. Occasionally I would find coins that looked just like the one above. They would get caught in the housing of the drum of a dryer and stay there and get that raised edge and worn out front and back just like that one. They were not the best finds in the dryers though, the better finds were gold chains, earrings etc.
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This could also be the beginning of a spooning project that was abandoned. This coin is NOT the result of anything at the mint, as the origniator of this thread states.
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My first guess was that someone spooned it, but if it had been spooned wouldn't there be some some flattening rather than rounded appearance?
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Its a Dryer Coin. I've mentioned this before, nooe spoons nickels. The metal is too hard. It would spoon the spoon before it would spoon the nickel. That is for the sake of humor, but the coin was stuck in a commercial dryer. Post Mint... |
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A commercial dryer...Sounds plausible to me. Never seen one. Now I have.
Where's Vaslin to see it wasn't "what coppercoins said"? Here's an example.
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Looks like they started to make a ring.
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The idea that this thing was ever going to be a ring, or is the start of a ring is simply out of the question. There is no hope that it ever was, or was even a figment of the imagination of a ring maker.
Here's another reason why. If it were going to be a ring, the edge of the coin would be "spooned" and the design portion of the coin would be clear. Even in the old days of "spooning" the central portion of the design was left alone and the coin was tapped from the edge in, with no damage to the central design until the time came to drill a hole in it.
Again, It never was intended to nor is it now anything that has anything to do with a ring or spooning.
Somehow I think that people have to add one more post just to get my goat:-) This came out of a clothes dryer.
Thanks,
Bill
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Posted 08/26/2007 10:18 pm
