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I'm not an expert but it looks like someone's been playing with the metal lathe, cut a hole out of a penny and put a dime inside, looks like they rolled the edges inward to hold the dime in place....
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cut a hole out of a penny and put a dime inside The outer ring may even be steel? Is the copper look actually rust? kushberry, is it magnetic? That would be a big tell-tale. |
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Some one was spooning it to make child's ring.
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Industrial Dryer Coins. High heat and rolling friction. I have a friend in the laundry business. Here are some he has given me that he has salvaged from his dryers. Jim  |
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Classic Dryer Coin, it was stuck in the fin of a commercial clothes dryer for an extended period of time and was repeatedly tumbled against the steel drum rolling and rounding the edges. |
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I'm with nohope587. I make coin rings and when you start the hammering process it rolls the metal exactly like your dime.
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Spooning is almost impossible unless a coin is silver or gold. It's a Dryer Coin  |
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GraceOutcast I know you have had issues tying to spoon a clad coin :-) I have been able to do it successfully with a quarter but not using a spoon. In this case however you are probably correct Dryer Coin. Just thought I would toss in another option |
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k thanks everyone helped alot :)
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Clad coins are not spooned, the copper-nickel is too hard. besides, a dime would be too small for anyone. Rings are almost always made out of silver coins(sometimes gold but that is pricey and a waste of a gold coin), typically quarters or half dollars.
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02/14/2010 4:05 pm
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biokemist6 not 'too hard' just hard. Wish mine had turned out as nice as these....  |
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I have made rings out of Presidential dollars and those are clad. You just have to use a jewelers hammer. |
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JP324, Nice to here from you,where have you been?It has been a very long time since you posted.Do you still make rings?Do you sell them? John1  |
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GraceOutcast I know you have had issues tying to spoon a clad coin :-) I have been able to do it successfully with a quarter but not using a spoon I agree, I have done it a number of times with clad quarters. I just tap and rotate on a hard surface. Certainly not as easy as silver and gold, but it is possible. |
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Hi John1, I had a little accident at work and took off my ring and middle finger on my right hand (yes I am right handed) so I'm just waiting to heal up before I get back in the groove. Have you found any 2010 Lincolns yet? I'm still looking.  Jay |
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