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I have a 2018D Nickel which has a very smooth edge on it. It doesn't look like it has been worn down excessively but it does not have that raised edge. Can someone help me identify what is going on with this nickel. Please let me know if I can provide any additional photos which may help. Thank you.   |
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 to the CCF! I think you have a Dryer Coin. It slipped into a open area behind the drum of a dryer and stayed there for a period of time. I'm sure you've heard a coin trapped in the workings of a dryer, scraping and banging away on the metal inside until one day it's ejected for some reason. Each turn of the drum caused a little damage, taking the sharp edges of the rim and edge of the coin down and smoothing them. The surfaces also show the look of a Dryer Coin. These show up on the CCF error forum quite often. It's just post strike damage or PSD and only worth the face value. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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11/26/2019 07:01 am
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I agree, that looks like a Dryer Coin. Keep looking! |
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@mmg, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree with @yokozuna that this nickel has been damaged after being struck.
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Well thank you all for the quick response as disappointing as it may be. I found a 1909 penny today. Guess I am headed over to play with that set now.
-Michelle
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It is PSD. I feel the edges were altered, but not by a dryer. Why not? Because in a dryer, the edges of the devices are rolled over the rim area.  On this coin, the rim was removed, perhaps sanded off. |
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Interesting, Coop. I think you're correct. Could this be LOTS of circulation hits, like maybe from use in a slot machine? I haven't really seen what a slot machine can do to a coin, but I'm going to do some research.
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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I don't think it is a Dryer Coin either, IMO it used to be a Slot machine Nickel. |
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IMO it used to be a Slot machine Nickel. It's a 2018 nickel, and not that many slot machines actually take coins these days. Also, not all Dryer Coins have flattened edges. Many look just like the subject coin. |
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Let me know if I can provide you with any additional photos that may help you to identify it. Thank you all
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Let me know if I can provide you with any additional photos As mentioned this piece is a worn out coin that has only the face value and it is not an error. So it is safe to throw it back into circulation. |
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And this can't be a really late die stage strike/weak strike (not a die adjustment strike, but like a power clip during striking) Sunken die? that's been circulated? Slightly thin planchet? Measures and weights may make this a sure thing, but I think it's being too quickly dismissed as a Dryer Coin for my liking. Just saying. I'm not saying it's not a Dryer Coin but it doesn't look like ones I've seen totally either and it's like a bit under 2 years old. I mean it could be sunken dies after a brockage was cleared from the press or other reasons, and some circulation involved. Dryer Coins shrink in diameter and thicken usually and the edge tends to roll over the obverse and reverse from what I've seen of them. Edited by Big-Kingdom
11/27/2019 1:41 pm
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So this is the 2018 in question stacked on top of a 1954D nickel. The size is identical. As for the weight, I do not have my scale. Hope to have it in a few days. To me the 2018 coin feels lighter. Additionally, I do not believe that the edges were purposely sanded. It is to perfectly smooth and round on the edge. That is purely my uneducated guess when it come to this baby.  Edited by Michellemgard
11/27/2019 2:55 pm
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Visually I'd say the top one is thinner than the bottom one, but youd need a micrometer to measure center and edge, and a few locations. Thickness should be . 077 inches (1.95 mm) and it would be lighter also. maybe just a heck of a lot of wear, could be an over rolled thin planchet, but I'm not in the " Dryer Coin" camp on this. |
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Either way, it's still a spender. I would recommend moving on from this coin and continue searching. We can all tell you that no matter how it gained its looks, it isn't an error, it's just PMD. |
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