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The sandwich effect is called cladding, and every modern dime, quarter, and half dollar are made with a copper-nickel clad.
The reason why it is thicker is because somebody may have taken a hammer to the edge. It also could've been in a dryer and tumbled for a while, which would've flattened the edge. Either way it is a damaged coin.
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 this looks like a Dryer Coin or maybe it circulated for a time in the slot machine trade. The constant impact of other coins dropping over and over can cause the same general look as dryer damage. PMD 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 know about clad. I just noticed a very thin layer of silver above the copper. Would a Dryer Coin potentially thicken the coin through heat expansion? The photo is at a bad angle I believe. The coin is atleast 1/3 times thicker than the rest Edited by PNWHiker
07/29/2021 6:45 pm
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It spoons the rims by rolling them around between the inner and outer drums.
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what I see it is not 1/3 more. can you take the diameter as much you can precisely?
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That is a Dryer Coin, fatter rims, probably smaller in diameter, the fields and devices are badly beaten up by bouncing around inside a clothes dryer. |
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It could be a counterfeit? The strike it terrible. Does it show a copper edge like all other clad coins at that time? (Tried to post a link to an article on the web, but prevented from doing this? Here is what I searched for and found the article: China damaged fake Kennedy halves China damaged So copy the above line and do a search for yourself. It was the first thing that popped up. |
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When I want the diameter was to confirm what COOP say.
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judging by the quantity of big dings, this could also be a casino coin
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Not a counterfeit. This appearance comes from similar coins that are pocket pieces and Dryer Coins. The surfaces get mushy with constant friction and wear. The diameter wouldn't help with authenticity because the edge has been altered. Heat would not affect the thickness of the coin. Extreme heat could make a coin blister and warp, but not expand evenly. Look up " Dryer Coin" on the internet. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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