...are a myth. I challenge anybody to actually make a coin with evenly deformed edges by placing it in a drier and letting it run through a normal cycle. Or ten cycles. Or a hundred. Of course, to be true to the experiment one cycle should be enough since no one in their right mind would let something rattle around in their drier through more than one time, but I'll be generous and stipulate that you can use as many cycles as you want.
It doesn't rattle around in the drier compartment. It's stuck somewhere in the ether. I don't claim to know the mechanics but it's the same as a slot machine coin.
If it is "stuck somewhere" then how is the edge worn down so perfectly even? Likewise, how can a slot machine cause the edge of a coin to wear down so perfectly? Coins are rotated out daily via "the drop", counted, rewrapped and stored in the vault until needed again at the cashiers cage. Chris
It's Dryer not Drier This is an explanation from another forum.. makes sense quote - "a common mistake I see concerning these coins is that people think the coins tumble around inside the tub where the clothes are. Since the clothes would cushion the battering of the coins rim, and certainly a person would not repeatedly, accidentally put the same coin back into the dryer hundreds of times to accomplish a battered rim, this does not make sense. So what really happens? Commercial machines had an inner (clothes) tub, and an outer tub that surrounded the inner. Coins would slip out of clothing being put into the machine and fall into the skinny opening (at the "mouth" of the machine") between the two tubs and be tumbled through many cycles. On a front-loading machine, after awhile the coin's thickness could increase enough such that the coin would be rolling on its edge between the two tubs rather than continually being carried upward and dropping back down." closed quote I hope it's ok to link to another forum - I want to share this webpage with you http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=143863 Not my picture or diagram -
I have a so called dryer coin . Does any one have a picture of one to compare. I was baffled at first by it , but then learned about dryer coins. Too bad its not worth anything,Still cool though
Sure have some quite similar, however I got mine from washing machine pumps that had given up on their owners. I have also put one normal coin with as well so you can see what the actual difference in size is now comparably.
This explanatory diagram is still making the assumption that a coin stuck between the inner and outer tubs will have every part of its edge struck perfectly. Chris
Unfortunately, as paddyman98 linked above, you can see there are members of the numismatic community who have their proof straight from the dryer, so to speak. Empirical data trumps belief.
Tire wear produced by rolling friction isn't always equal. That is why you will most often see tread worn out in some spots and not in others. Chris
If wheels are kept in proper balance and the alignment of those wheels are kept to factory specs, tires will wear evenly.
Oh sure! That's like saying that a coin kept in a vacuum will never tone. But, how many coins are kept in a vacuum. It is also assuming that ALL roads are identical, all climactic conditions are the same and women drive just as aggressively as men do. Chris
