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IMO - Looks like someone had some real fun with this one. Acid damage on the faces and mechanically compressed, creating a thicker & wider edge / rim. I don't see any doubling, but the acid corrosion may have caused some pseudo-doubling.
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It appears thicker because from the looks of it, the edges have been beaten into the coin. See where the metal is overlapping the lettering? There's a lot of abrasion elsewhere which suggests to me mechanical process post-mint--maybe put in a rock tumbler? It almost looks like 1990, but I'd expect to see exposed zinc somewhere.  |
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Hi, This one is a classic " Dryer Coin". It was stuck inside one of the fins of a commercial , laundromat clothes dryer. Often tumbling with other coins, " Dryer Coins" end up damaged like this. Here is a picture of one of mine. It was given to me by a friend that took it out of a dryer as a mechanic for a laundromat back in PA. The one in question at the beginning of the thread was simply not in the machine as long as the one I pictured. Thanks, Bill  Edited by foundinrolls
06/02/2008 7:45 pm
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I didn't realize a drier could abrade a coin that much, but those comm. driers are something else.
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It looks petty much like your picture. How about the doubling on the ONE 'N'
Thanks.
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Pillar of the Community
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The doubling is just the effect of the metal being moved around as a result of the tumbling.
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Ah, I just stumbled on this thread. So the dryer scenario has definitive proof. Good. I still wonder about those specimens that show no percussion marks and instead show a smooth, even glossy, surface.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Hi Mike,
I am curious to see a picture of a glossy one if you have one available. It is likely that it is a coin that was caught in the dryer for a longer period of time.
I also have some of other denominations and almost invariably when a copper- nickel clad coin is suggested to have been "spooned" it has either been stuck in a dryer or was heavily used in a casino's slot machines.
Thanks,
Bill
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With Mississippi an hour away and the casinos most Kennedy's look spooned here from the slots machines  |
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I'm pretty sure I have one or two in my box of fake and damaged coins. I'll try to dig one out today.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Definately a unique looking coin......WOW !......hadn't seen that before, nor would I have ever guessed what would've caused it!
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Thanks Mike,
I'll check back to see if you had a chance to find one and post a picture.
Bill
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Looks like a 1973. They had the stronger strike on them that year. Probably the large FG might be seen on the reverse?
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Hi, These are pictures of a nickel that Mike asked me to post for discussion. I have a few ideas on it so as soon as I am done with this post, I'll add a few responses. Thanks, Bill   Edited by foundinrolls
06/06/2008 01:36 am
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