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Valued Member
United States
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Found this coin in my change. It's a millimeter smaller than it should be, and the edge is smooth and red all the way around. The obverse and reverse show considerable damage(?), it makes FDR look like he has a pretty dire disease! It's a 2006D, and I've put it next to an AU 2006P that was also in my coin jar for comparison purposes. Any theories, fellow coin detectives? Update: I removed the 2006P since the image files were way to big; I had to crop them as well so I hope you'll be able to see something!    |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Someone has been at it with the sander?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it was a half dollar, I would say it had been fed into the pokies a few too many times- slot action wears away reeding and smooths the rims. However, I have never seen one that takes dimes so I am not quite sure what caused it but I am pretty confident in saying that is has been damaged in some way.
If you had said it was a couple mm bigger, then you might have had a broadstruck coin, i.e. a coin struck out of the collar that defines the diameter and imparts reeding.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Did you weigh it? My vote is on sandpaper or some other form of edge removal.
A clad coin has to be a literal beating to hammer (as in ring making), so I don't think the result would be so perfect.
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Valued Member
 United States
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steve199 - I don't have a scale for weighing coins, alas.
Couple other things to point out---> the 6 in 2006 is incomplete, it's literally severed by the rim. Also the edge is rounded. The reverse lettering is right up next to the rim!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is the rim raised more than normal? Worded differently, is the edge of the coin thicker than normal? If so, I'm changing my vote to "hammered".
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I suspect it is a Dryer Coin (coin that was damaged in a commercial dryer). |
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Yes it could be the start of a Dryer Coin. They usually seem to have damage to the faces as well though? |
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United Kingdom
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Oh I see you mention the faces have started to show damage!
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United States
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Hi, I am glad that someone else said it :-) It is a Dryer Coin. It was stuck in the fin of a commercial dryer at a laundro-mat. It gets beat up by other coins that are stuck with it and the edge is effected by the banging around that the coin does as it is stuck inside the fin. Thanks, Bill |
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United States
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Oh, I didn't read (or notice) that the reverse and obverse were damaged.  |
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United States
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Ahh a Dryer Coin! Ha! Didn't know that "variety" existed! ;) Thanks for clarifying this guys. Mystery solved! |
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Posted 04/09/2009 2:55 pm
