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Guys, yall, I'm sure, thinking I am a complete idiot, but my 94 yr old grandfather (who worked in a bank all his life) gave me some coins he had at his house and I found this really weird penny! It's an '89D penny that's silver in color, very light, but with a very pronounced rim, that actually alters the "in God we trust" across top of rim. It's not steel, or doesn't stick to a magnet, but obvious silver, albeit dull, color! I will attempt to load some pics, but gave up earlier trying to upload one of an Indian Head penny earlier today!!      Edited by CCB420
01/30/2022 5:28 pm
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  to the CCF! |
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Was light enough I thought the thing was plastic, but scraped a lil from the edge with a blade and its shiny under the dull surface color
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Hey there coin frog, I posted my first thing cpl days ago, think you commented on my '69 penny with no rim
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Hoping yall ain't a bunch of robots with programmed responses on this site,
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I realize that may have come out a lil brash, I apologize if I've offended anyone, no hard feelings *frog! Just looking for some help
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to the forum! It looks to me like a Dryer Coin that has had the Copper plating removed. |
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Dryer coin. John1  |
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Hoping yall ain't a bunch of robots with programmed responses on this site,  lol happy hunting !  |
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Early stage Dryer Coin where the copper plating has been removed. That is the zinc core that you see. correct Typo Edited by JimmyD
01/30/2022 08:26 am
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To me it looks like a bezel was placed over the coin and some kind of adhesive (or solder) was used to secure it and 'leaked ' out onto the coin then it was plated to this silver color. I don't think it is a Dryer Coin because the 'rim' looks way too uniform and not beat up as one would expect from banging around in a dryer. @CCB420: Me not Rob Ott... Edited by Dearborn
01/30/2022 09:30 am
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Beep Beep Boop Bop Dryer Coin Bop Beep Beep
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Rob Ott does not think object on sensors did not arrive by way of dryer. That just does not compute. Take note of red arrows indicating a VERY uniform, level, and undamaged 'Rim' on both sides of the coin. Which I believe to be a collar around the coin. Next note the 'stuff that appears to have been 'squeezed' out from under the collar, as indicated by the Blue arrows. But I think that is is excess solder that was not drawn into and under the bezel. Then the entire coin was plated.   Edited by Dearborn
01/30/2022 12:36 pm
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I probably need to do a lil homework, because yall lost me after Dryer Coin! I'm familiar with soldering, just didn't realize coin making required any soldering? |
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Guess my next question would be if this was done while the coin was being made or after it left the mint
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just didn't realize coin making required any soldering? It doesn't, but to add a ring or 'bezel' to a coin in order to make jewelry it might, depending on how it is attached. |
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