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Valued Member
Canada
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I was sitting and sifting through some of my coins and The though came to me....I know I did it but for the life of me I cant remember if it flattened the darn think...  anyone else ever pull this stunt |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
608 Posts |
Yes, some 50 years ago and it did flatten the penny. But don't ask me what date or mint mark was on the penny!
Bill
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Valued Member
United States
376 Posts |
Oh yeah it was a favorite thing to do when we were kids. They flatten out like a pancake! I wish that I'd saved some of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1081 Posts |
My dad is really into trains and we used to do it all the time. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. A cheap and easy souvenir. And yes, unless they fall off right before hand, the train flattens them good.
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Valued Member
United States
270 Posts |
yep, all the way up to quarters! had a collection of flat coins! lost them in the last 20 years! each coin would flatten a different way. I recall that we use to try to get half flattend coins but thet were hard to find after they would shoot out at mach ten.. I'm surprized we never "poked out an eye"
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yeah we had some fun with the TPG on this subject...Last Strike  And graded even  
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Valued Member
United States
220 Posts |
I still do it. The train goes through the parking lot where I work everyday  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3294 Posts |
Is that a little Blakesly effect going on there? Might have a clip too...
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Valued Member
United States
98 Posts |
I have a flattened penny that I found on the track of the light rail train in my city, it's pretty cool.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
is that a real sgs grade?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
598 Posts |
I still make guitar picks like that. There's a siding about 4 or 5 blocks from me and I prefer nickels. I lay out about 5 or 6 and make a line on the ground and look for them a day or so later. Not all come out pick quality... maybe one sometimes two. But I have a favourite thats about 9 years old and absolutely perfectly shaped (with wear as well), that required no trimming at all. If they didn't get "borrowed" so often, I wouldn't hafta... well, it's my own... I know it's really not a good thing to do.  |
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 United States
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Quote:Yeah we had some fun with the TPG on this subject...Last Strike That would not surprise me one bit. SGS will certify a rock and call it MS70. I put a Buffalo nickel on the tracks once  I think it was a 1918/7-D just kidding! I still have it somewhere, I have to find it. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Valued Member
United States
163 Posts |
 Note to self: Must place coin on railroad track.... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1599 Posts |
Sort of on topic:
"Oh but me I got a nickel smashed flatter than a dime
by a mad dog, runaway red-silver streamline. . . train"
Song by Guy Clark, titled Texas, 1947
Yea, I did smash some as a boy in my hometown; but like a lot of things including the entire 1962 Yankees Topps baseball cards, I no longer have them.
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Valued Member
Canada
107 Posts |
yep sure did, though it was sometimes hard to find at times, guess were all alike
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2734 Posts |
I started with Cents on the tracks, eventually working my way up to Hot Wheels.  |
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Posted 10/26/2010 1:46 pm
