im wondering how coins can end up with a bend like this. is it caused during its production or after? id really be fascinated to actually witness a coin being made, so i could have a clearer picture of the process. however, i doubt they sell admission tickets.
Yep. PMD. The "how" and the "why" are a mystery. I also wonder what it's sitting on top of, out of mere idle curiosity.
it is on top of my rca universal remote control (upside down) which is on top of a jewelry box full of duran duran buttons from the early 80s.
Aha! Love the Duran Duran detail. Exactly what my inquiring mind needed to know. You might say my curiosity was Hungry Like The Wolf. And now all of a sudden, it's 1982 again, and I'm a sophomore in high school, in Mr. Sharpe's Mechanical Drawing class. You know, the cool teacher who let us listen to the radio...
Don't ever doubt.. I visited the US Mint at Philadelphia and you get to tour the facility. You see all the Mint machinery and workers in action from a walkway above. Every section had a video and audio of what was happening. The US Mint are probably temporarily closed due to the Covid19 situation. But I Recommend the tour to everyone. They even have a display of neat error coins. I don't have pictures because it was not allowed inside. It's a Federal building.
Stick a dime in a sidewalk crack or sewer grate crack on it's edge and then kick it hard, that's how it gets bent like that. there's hundreds of other ways jammed up in a cash register drawer, wedged in a wall crack and bent, used to open beer caps at a football tailgate. but yeah. they are thin.
Iv'e seen a strong man rip a quarter in half with his hands. He didn't rip it apart, it was more of bending it back and forth till the the metal fatigued and separated in half. It obviously took some finger or hand strength though. It was on a show back in the 80's called "That's Incredible" or something like that hosted by some celebrity that I think was John Davidson.
I know how these became damaged.. 10 years of Metal Detecting I have kept all the coins hit by the blades of lawn mowers!
that is great to know! thanks for the intel if i ever get to Philadelphia i will check into that. too bad they dont mint here in montana. ha