New to this but I see alot about error coins on news and mainly dimes. What do I have here??? It has a cooper ring around it, with a lip on both sides with NO ridges on it (smooth). Probably just as thick as a nickel. Should I get a professional opinion of it or just let my kid have it.
Looks like they hammered the rim bigger to get a better grip when playing "coin basketball" - usually done with a nickle.
As in a coin washed in a clothes dryer???? Talking about the cooper ring I would see what your saying but I'm more interested in the raised edges sticking up a mm or 2 around the rim on both sides. Like it was misstruck. Thanks for replying.
Yes - hammering makes it fold up like that - plus, as your pics show, the reeds on the edge are smooth.
Spooned or hammered. Could be a dryer coin, too. (spent a lot of time bouncing around in a clothes dryer) It's still a dime, though.
i found one like this and was told the same but I personally don't see how a dryer could do this. I would think that the friction of the coin hitting the edge of the tumbler would flatten it like this coin.
This Dime is what a dryer coin looks like. It may have been deliberately spooned by a prisoner with nothing but time - spooning resembles dryer damage - but a dryer coin almost always manifests with that raised rim. The clad copper is exposed as a result of the process - any cladding on the rim was worn away first. Bryantallard, your coin is completely different and came to that look via some other process.
Looks like a spooned coin to me. Don't know why anyone would start one with a dime though. Much too small.
