Posted 04/23/2016 09:50 am
I have returned from my Quest!
This is what I found out and there were no jammed machines but it was a close call for some of the coins.
First; these machines are set to accept only one size of coin, so if the coin is slightly larger or smaller then it won't even slide in. This feature ended all of my plans of smashing most of the coins I had with me. The dollar coins were too large, some of the foreign coins were too small and my 1863 IHC and 1857 FEC were too thick.
Second; the Canadian quarter went through just fine but the devices on the coin are shallow ant were wiped out in the rolling process.
Third; the Indian Head cents and the various silver quarters I had come out looking awesome (I will have pictures later today) with one exception. I helps to know how to orient a coin properly for smashing, not just having the obverse/reverse right but having the coin properly rotated so it come out looking great. Experiment with this and pay attention, you will see what I mean. The one exception I had was with the Barber quarter, it just didn't look very good.
Conclusion; if you get to a location that has a quarter machine then by all means use some silver coins in it. Washington quarters work best for vertical designs and Standing Liberty quarters work best for horizontal designs. If you get the orientation right the the pressed image has the eagle as a background in an almost holographic image. It helps to use circulation cameos also as the design of the coin will really jump out. Indian Head cents look really cool, Lincoln wheat cents not so much. 1943 steel cents just come out looking like a round piece of steel was used, no coin design comes out on the elongated coin. The steel cents also came the closest to actually jamming the machine so be careful.
This is what I found out and there were no jammed machines but it was a close call for some of the coins.
First; these machines are set to accept only one size of coin, so if the coin is slightly larger or smaller then it won't even slide in. This feature ended all of my plans of smashing most of the coins I had with me. The dollar coins were too large, some of the foreign coins were too small and my 1863 IHC and 1857 FEC were too thick.
Second; the Canadian quarter went through just fine but the devices on the coin are shallow ant were wiped out in the rolling process.
Third; the Indian Head cents and the various silver quarters I had come out looking awesome (I will have pictures later today) with one exception. I helps to know how to orient a coin properly for smashing, not just having the obverse/reverse right but having the coin properly rotated so it come out looking great. Experiment with this and pay attention, you will see what I mean. The one exception I had was with the Barber quarter, it just didn't look very good.
Conclusion; if you get to a location that has a quarter machine then by all means use some silver coins in it. Washington quarters work best for vertical designs and Standing Liberty quarters work best for horizontal designs. If you get the orientation right the the pressed image has the eagle as a background in an almost holographic image. It helps to use circulation cameos also as the design of the coin will really jump out. Indian Head cents look really cool, Lincoln wheat cents not so much. 1943 steel cents just come out looking like a round piece of steel was used, no coin design comes out on the elongated coin. The steel cents also came the closest to actually jamming the machine so be careful.
