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Valued Member
United States
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Hello All
I discovered a blank in a roll of quarters. It is the same diameter and thickness of a quarter, it appears to be solid copper(not clad) it has reeding on the edge, its weight is 6.5g (quarter is supposed to be 5.67). I can not find any data on this type of blank. Is it possible it is a slug that somebody reeded? And why would someone go to the trouble of reeding a slug? Please help.
Sorry no photos but my photographer is being a pain, I plan on getting a dino lite microscope camera for christmas, but that does not help me now.
Kie
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That weight is not close enough to a silver or clad planchet spec, it is too heavy. More than likely, just a slug.  Edited by biokemist6
11/05/2008 8:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Being reeded suggests that it has been struck within the third die making the blank part a question in my mind .
does it have an upset rim ?
a picture would be a great help !
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Valued Member
 United States
184 Posts |
Yes I think it may be a slug. Just odd to me that someone would reed it. Here are the best pics I could get   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
869 Posts |
I believe it is a old gaming or car wash token
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
coindexter
not a token, it would be too close to a coin size.
I have found one or two, definate slugs.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
its pretty tough to say exactly what this is , I have a fairly large collection of carwash and gaming tokens of all types and none of them have a reeded edge and none of them are copper at least the ones from the last 30 or 40 years .
the weight is a critical part of being able to identify it as is the reeding and if it has a rim or not , anything that was struck to produce reeding should also have a rim .
If you live close to coin shop maybe you could walk it in to them and see what an in hand examination could tell you ?
can you get pics of the reeding ? does it look hand cut or hand made ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi All,
It's a slug....I have about a dozen of them. Some have reeded edges and some don't. The ones that I have also turned up over the years as I searched through quarter dollar rolls.
Thanks,
Bill
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
a slug with reeding ? what would be the point ? and how was it put on a slug ?
were they struck or was the reeding added by hand ?
this interests me I have never seen a slug with reeding or that weighed more than the coin it was intended to mimick .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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metalman:
Yes, they add reeding, so that it'll work in parking meters, etc.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7123 Posts |
The only reason I can see for reeding is so that it would not stand out in a stack of coins .
Foundinrolls
how about a few picture for the less fortunate of the world , you have a dozen and I have never even seen one ?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did anyone  Bullnuke to the forum yet? If not to the forum Bullnuke.. |
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Valued Member
United States
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My friend used to deliver newspapers to outside boxes where people could get the paper by inserting 2 quarters, etc. He was supplied by the newspaper with copper slugs similar to this one to open the boxes to change the newspapers to the new edition. Could possible be something like that?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Could it be a foreign coin planchet? Not that that would necessarily explain the reeded edge before it had been stamped?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It's a slug, I've seen them on several occasions before. Why you would reed them I'm not sure but I think the comment about so they didn't stand out in a stack. As for how to reed them, they can be forced through a tapered mandrel with a reeded inner surface, or the punch used to punch the copper from the strip can have a reeded edge.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bill:
Nice pictures, and thanks for showing.
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Posted 11/05/2008 5:40 pm
