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. . . .is this. there is no comparison between COOP's photos and mine. on both obv and rev, the edge of the coin is not rounded. And, the transistion from edge to face of coin, is raised and sharp, falling from sharp edge to the face of the coin with a definate "step" from point to point.
there is no roll, taper, or slant at edge. but, am I still wrong? Edited by joe finds
08/01/2009 11:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Chances are this is just an acid shrunk cent.
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Rest in Peace
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Might have spent some time in a dryer also.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It is not struck on a dime planchet and is not an error of any kind. It is nothing more than a damaged cent stuck in the fin of a commercial clothes dryer for an extended period of time.
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bio, Could you explain more on how you came up with explanation?
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I,m also interested in your acessment. The rims on this coin appear to be intact. I just don't see widening or rolled over rims to make this coin the size of a dime. The flakeing around the edges suggests to me that this coin was soaking in some kind of acid. Curious.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Dryer Cent. When they get bounced inside the fins to long, the material rounds over the rims. The loss of design on the surfaces tell the story that this coin was damaged and not struck that way. It just can't happen that way.  |
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I LOVE This thread!
Bob, As always your images are fantastic!
Thanks,
Bill
Some of you, if you've been around here for awhile, will get the humor in my statement:-)about Loving this thread!
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07/31/2009 1:39 pm
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Bill, I know I can be dense and stubborn some times. All the pictures coop posted show the flat or rolled rims. All the coins I purchased from a local laundromat show the rolled rims. I don't see that on original post coins. What am I missing here?
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A while ago, Mike Diamond posted nickel like this as well. It was also a Dryer Coin. When you look at the original coin in this thread, you have to notice the extreme effects. This coin as well as the nickel Mike posted, in the past, were severely abused for a longer period of time than most. If you look at the middle picture in Coops post, particularly on the reverse, you can see that the rounded rim has actually been pushed onto the surface of the coin near the rim and flattened a bit. The metal from the edge gets so beat up that after it went through a "rounded" phase, it continues to be pushed around and deposited on the coin's obverse and reverse surface all around the rim of the coin. The coin at the beginning of the thread has had the metal of the edge pushed further onto the obverse and reverse as the coin remained in the dryer fin even longer than the coin in coop's image. Some of the metal that was moved that resulted in the smaller diameter as the coin's diameter is the same metal you see that is laid upon the surface of the coin starting from the rims and moving inward. Thanks, Bill |
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Thanks Bill, sometimes a little explanation is worth more than a picture of a thousand words. For me at least. How about that heat wave? GOT ICE?
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The past few days have been miserable. It's been even worse for our collie. Jesse is epileptic and the heat plus his meds makes it hard for him to even move.
It's a little cooler now and hopefully we can all recover.
I hope you and yours made it through OK.
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Pillar of the Community
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Joe, you are wrong and so was I. Bill did a great job of explaining this coin. It's not easy to give in to defeat, but sometimes you have to accept the ruling of superior knowledge.
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The past few days have been miserable. It's been even worse for our collie. Jesse is epileptic and the heat plus his meds makes it hard for him to even move.
I've been watching the Weather Channel and have been following that record breaking heat up there. I just got back from Laughlin,NV. where it was 116 on Monday but then again, when isn't it hot out there. I hope your collie makes it through okay Bill. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Thanks Vermontensium! PS: where did the guys original images go? I hope that thing doesn't find its way to ebay:-) Edited by foundinrolls
08/04/2009 3:39 pm
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