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Hello everyone I'm new to this so please bear with me. I'm from the Phila./ south jersey area. Spend most of my time boating in the South Jersey. I recently came across a penny 1981, that seems to be slightly smaller than a normal one and has a high ridge on both sides. The pictures will show a normal penny next to the smaller one that I am texting about. I can't find any thing else abnormal about the penny, it seems as thought it was struck several times to flatten the center down and the metal was pushed out to the ridges but didn't distort the center anywhere.On the normal one there is a slight amount of space between the letters "In God we trust" and the edge rim . I don't see this space on the smaller one.   |
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 to the Community! I moved your welcome post to the appropriate forum for the proper attention.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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to CCF. I am guessing that the rim has been beat down for some reason. This happens initially when a coin is caught up in a dryer. It also happens when some one decides to make a ring out of a coin - this would be the initial stage, then abandoned. The cent was mostly copper in 1981, so that is a possibility, too. To me, the smaller diameter indicates something like these possibilities. Edited by Pete2226
02/04/2016 1:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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will add another term called "spooning". Thanks, Doug.
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Maybe I didn't explain things correctly but the rim is raised equally on all sides not beat down. Also , I can't for the life of me see how you could raise the edge of the coin without destroying the face or the reverse side. I know you guys know a whole lot more about coins than I ever will, but this just doesn't make sense.
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Pillar of the Community
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If "IN GOD WE TRUST" is now touching the rims, this means the size of the coin has decreased, from the rims being misshaped. Looks like a Dryer Coin to me - I think by beat down he means the rim gets flattened but spreads out horizontally, making it raised on the faces of the coin. There are lots of images of Dryer Coins out there. Check out this thread for example: https://goccf.com/t/115336 |
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I think the edges were spooned. On a Dryer Coin, the surfaces usually appear rather mushy. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Your coin is how it would look in the initial stages of making a coin ring. See this thread: https://goccf.com/t/150709#150709Also, search the forum - there is a thread on here which shows someone's progress in making a ring. |
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Maybe I didn't explain things correctly but the rim is raised equally on all sides not beat down. Also , I can't for the life of me see how you could raise the edge of the coin without destroying the face or the reverse side. If you repeatedly tap/beat the edge of the coin the edge will widen and the diameter will be reduced resulting in high rims. Since you aren't hitting the edge hard it doesn't damage the obv and rev designs and all the metal movement takes place out around the circumference of the coin. |
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Thank you Mike, and everyone else that answered my post. You all have convinced this hardhead that you are correct and what I have is indeed a Dryer Coin. Amazing what a little knowledge will do. Thank you all , again. |
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I think the consensus is that the coin was spooned. Here's a thread with pictures of the whole process. |
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