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Hello I am just wondering if anyone knows how a coins face can get the reeded edge of another coin on it ? I cant find the information anywhere.
Thank you in advance,
Regards-
Sean
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think your talking about what we call "bag marks" they happen when another coins reeded edge hits it.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Banged around in the bag.
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Wow that's alot of force, was just curious how my frankenquarter got the stitches is all thanks so much all
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Although they are called 'bag marks', they are not really that.
When a freshly minted coin is automatically ejected from a coining press, it drops through a metre or more, onto a pile of also freshly minted coins.
The fall provides the force required to cause milling marks to be stamped onto a coin at the bottom of the drop.
That is the reason why business strike coins without any bag marks at all, are so scarce.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Hmm, your referring to what some call ''Railroad tracks'' . As mention above that's what causes it . If it's a strong hit it can really put the kibosh on your coin .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All of the above, plus, coins get jostled quite a bit while being transported. Imagine being a freshly minted, unfortunate quarter near the bottom a large bin of thousands and thousands of other fresh quarters (all that weight!). That bin taking a ride on a forklift, the bin being loaded on semi trucks and bouncing along to the Federal Reserve. Then being distributed to commercial coin service providers (Loomis, etc.). Being dumped mercilessly into the hopper where large rolling machines wrap the coins. Lots of jostling.
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Forum Dad
 United States
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Wow that's alot of force This is a quarter Ballistic Bag, it holds 50K worth of quarters weighing thousands of pounds.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yup! one quarter weighs 5.67 gms. so 1,000 quarters ($250.00) weigh 5,670 gms, or 12.5 lbs. 4,000 quarters ($1,000.00) weighs 50 lbs. Therefore, $50,000.00 in quarters (one Ballistic Bag or 200,000 quarters) weighs 2,500 lbs. |
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United States
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There is a second way to get "reeds" on the face of a coin but it is much rarer. Sometimes a coin is struck with enough excessive force to create a high Rim Fin. If this fin gets sheared off, and it is from a reeded edge coin that sheared fin can get struck into another coin producing struck through reeding. Edited by Conder101
04/03/2020 8:39 pm
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