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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Back when ebay was young enough to be in diapers, many listings did not include photos with the item descriptions... I stumbled upon a error coin listing that stated the error dime offered for sale was received in circulation in the early 1960's in Miami, Florida from his Mother upon entering the United States from Cuba... He did mention that he didn't know what type of error it was and it was very different from a normal dime... This peaked my interest and I placed the winning bid (I don't remember what exactly was paid)... After receiving the coin, I included it with a number of coins I was sending to PCI at the time... I think I received PCI's 1st body bagged coin with the notation "Altered Surfaces Outside The Mint"... A number of photos are posted below, and I look forward to reading the comments from other forum members on why someone would make something like this...    
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Pillar of the Community
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Time to post some World Error Coins in that forum, included will be a 2002 India Rupee struck over 100 times...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
958 Posts |
I saw in mexico fake u.s quarters.
Some lady gave it to me in change, when you look it it close its some mexican coin like 50 centavous or something the size of a quarter, smashed with a u.s quarter die over the top. with a copper strip painted on the edge.
its funny how the lady gave me change for a fruit drink really quick then turned away and ignored me like I didnt exist, I didnt notice it untill I got back on the cruise ship
Your is prob some south america or cuban coin with a dime stamped over it
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No one intentionally made it that way, it is a dryer dime that started life as a perfectly normal dime. One day many years ago, this coin simply got stuck in the fins of a commercial clothes dryer for an extended period of time, causing the coin to repeatedly tumble against the steel drum of the dryer. This repeated tumbling action rolls the rims inward, wears off the reeding, and both sides suffer a reduction in detail.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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kinda neat, make a great conversation piece tho.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 That's the most extreme case of Dryer Coin I've seen. |
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Pillar of the Community
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ahhhhh....yeah.. or it could be a Dryer Coin........ |
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Is it at least a silver dime?Hope you didn't pay too much for it. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't remember what I paid for the coin, but do believe the certification fee was more than the auction price... I also have my doubts about it being silver as it has that pot metal look... I was going to throw this out, but if this is a Dryer Coin I'll label it as such... THANKS |
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Hi All, It's great to see that these are being properly identified as Dryer Coins:-) It took me awhile to get folks to appreciate that these are what they are. Here's a cent that is pretty bad too.  |
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Posted 03/14/2011 2:47 pm
