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I guess it would meet the definition of a typical Basement Job? Must have taken some time. maybe it was profitable? What say you? But one thing for sure, IT is a legal Loony! But what it was used for might not have been so legal. How the heck did someone make this? It Was part of a small collection.  Weight is: 7.18 gramsEdited by 47P7
07/21/2020 4:53 pm
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So this loonie pictured is made of plastic ? weight
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for sure, the host is a real loonie
weight is: 7.18 grams
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What I see is something on the coin like glue or epoxy. John1  |
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 This kind of "error" frequently posted. It had no strings attached, that's just another fabrication. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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DBM nobody disputes that. There was no claim that it is an error.I believe that was very clear. the question is again. How does it work , how was it used .  it says used in slot machines... yes, no strings when I got it.But there are little holes in that layer and not in the coin. I think the purpose of it was to get the loonie back after it energized the mechanism. However, I know from experience (one of my Co was in the Ticket vending for transit business Coin acceptors then did not allow a coin to come back through the entry slot.) that it would be difficult to retract the coin. If anyone would want to have this item, I would be happy to send it to a Canadian address via regular mail. |
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The plastic referred to plastic glue. The cheater would glue a thread onto the coin and lower it into the coin slot and trip the mechanism multiple times. Also used by kids on quarters and video games in arcades, and way back to the beginning of coin machines in the early 1900's.
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It had no strings attached, that's just another fabrication.
By the time this coin circulated machines from which a coin could be retrieved were obsolete.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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07/22/2020 02:43 am
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DBM
you are totally correct.
the coin acceptors in the 80ties were already capable to simply reject coins the were "off". Any accepted denomination, where the coin properties were not within the preset tolerances, electro magnetically, weight or dimensions, or any kind of oddities apparent was rejected.
There were only 2 reputable manufacturers at that time. One was from the USA (mars), the other from Switzerland (Sodeco). pricewise: 1 sodeco cost 3x as much as one Mars. there were very solid and compelling reasons why we used Sodeco.
DBM, it is still a mystery WHY some person went to such a time consuming adventure to make such a creation....
I have a twoonie with the inner core removed and replaced with a dime. The maker gave it to me as a gift... it came out of boredom during a midnight shift. he is a mechanic.
Will post a picture about it some time soon.
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Whenever I see a giant blob of glue on a coin like this, I assume somebody was making a poster or something with coins on it.
Or, perhaps, it was done by one of those pranksters who glue coins to a sidewalk and video-record the people as they bend down and try to pick it up. Eventually, someone comes along and pries the coin off.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Lots of things the glue could have been used for. Maybe just needed a toothpic full of glue and squeezed this out to get the tiny amount. Beer caps work better than loonie's.
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