Error Rim Indian Head Penny

When and where were there any dryers that took coins as small as one cent (or even pennies)?

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

last week i found a dime and a quarter that went thru the washer and dryer. both were damaged by uniform reduction of the rim to the point where is looked as if it never existed. another factor was the same damage to both obverse and reverse sides and the 'erasure,' if you will, of the minted letters on the rims of each coin. my wife pointed out the washer/dryer connection to both coins and settled that for me.

the response of using a spoon while in prison to produce the effect on this coin is odd in that my career was being a criminal defense attorney specializing in post conviction appeals. i went to way too many prisons and spoke to way too many clients who discussed all things under the sun. many knew of my interest in coins and not one mentioned it. i think one would have. but, hey, it could be a thing but please explain the physics/mechanics of making this happen tapping with a spoon. thxnks

 

Read post number eight completely. Never skip ahead of all replies in a thread, many times the information is at hand.

 

The term dryer coin doesn't literally mean that the commercial dryer takes penny's to operate.

 

I'll have to retract my message. I was only thinking of money to make a dryer or washer work. The thorough cleaning a coin gets when it fails out of pockets can properly called a dryer coin.

 

i'll admit i do not read every post on each subject but i only have so much time, so please excuse me when i offer info, especially when it appears pertinent. and you did not answer my questions.

 

i tried to identify 'post 8,' but do not think it was the one you meant. in this case, i had actually read them all anyway.

 

??Sir, are you an attorney??

 

Ah, but he did answer your question
Not liking the answer given is not the same as not getting an answer.
Again, read post number 8 in this thread.
Edited to add: Post #8 quotes post #5. That's actually where the answer lies.

 

HUH?!

 

.

 

Really?!

 

I'm a high school drop out. If he's an attorney, I'm a neurosurgeon!

 

Maybe it was never mentioned by inmates because they are provided plastic utensils rather than metal utensils for their meals. It's bad enough that they can make shanks out of plastic utensils. Metal utensils would be far more dangerous.

Chris

 

AI think the term "dryer coin" is used not to indicate that the coin was stuck in the portion of the dry where the clothing goes but stuck in the second layer of the dryer drum where the public has no access.

I do not know the particular mechanics but a coin stuck in such a position could endlessly roll with each turn of the drum.

I think that the term was coin by folks that work repairing laundromat dryers which would give them access to parts of the machine that the public does not have.

Spooning, on the other hand might not impart such an even surface since each smack of the spoon creates a flat spot.

Having said that, does it really matter what it's called since the edge has been modified by some mechanical means which is what both terms imply?

 

It's not a current practice. 100+ years ago prisoners spooned coins and made rings. With contemporary coins.

 

I first heard of the "spooning" of coins to make rings by sailors, not prisoners. I don't know where that came from.

BTW, using silver to create "rings" from various objects has always been popular back when silver was commonly used for coinage and dinnerware. I recall seeing "Spoon Rings" which were literally made from silver spoons.

 

This is the first time I've heard this with regard to spooning coins but I suppose it's possible.

 

EDIT

 

Close call??