One thin dime? Error

I don't know what happened to this coin but I didn't do it. Any guesses

 

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Post Mint Damaged .

 

Cool looking though huh
Is it intentional

 

This brings up a question in my mind like why is there no damage to the rim. Why is the width the same

 

Referred to as a "dryer coin". It's the type of damage a coin experiences after being stuck in machinery such as the back of a dryer rotating between something for a few months or much longer.

 

Ha you're kidding me right?
Oh you're not kidding. So it should be worth something if it was aged to perfection huh

 

Unfortunately, it's a talent that I've mastered. I tend to leave change in the little pocket of my jeans and while the main pockets get the pat down when tossed into the washer, not so much for the little pocket. Coins fall out and get trapped vertically in between the spinning drum and the fixed portion. It doesn't take long to wear down a trapped coin. Same can happen in either the washer or the dryer. So far...I've not made junk out of a coin I was saving. But enough spenders had their better days before I washed them.

 

What is the difference between this coin and one that has been broadstruck

 

A broadstruck coin is struck when the collar isn't in place. The coin is somewhat irregular in shape and missing the rim. Your coin had a full rim...only it was worn down due to being trapped in between the fixed and spinning portions of a washer. But the rim was there once...and it is round rather than irregular.

 

@Kevin Mader is on the money, and lol apparently Master of the Dryer Coins!!!
If you picture the collar as a ring around the planchet as it gets pressed and squeezed the collar stops the coin from being squeezed flatter than intended and creates the final size of the coin...if the collar isn't holding the coin correctly it gets squeezed with less or no definition around the edges...like squeezing the cheese beyond the bread of a grilled cheese sandwich...yeah, like that

 

Maybe this broadstrike is so rare no one has ever seen one before.
No? Well I tried. Besides it was change at the gas station today

 

Here's a like to help you get an idea - Search Results broadstrike (error-ref.com)

 

They aren't very common...I've never found one during a CRH event. I've had struck through a cap...but not a broadstrike. You usually see them for sale in nickel flips for cents...cent flips for dimes perhaps, since they tend to be larger than a normal coin since the collar was missing during the coining process. As Kurisu notes, without the collar things squeeze out. Usually you can find a broadstruck cent when stacking: it's the bigger one. I've had those moments when I thought I might have found something, but usually just a hammered coin. The infamous Texas Cent comes to mind. I spotted one at a LCS once...but never found one during a CRH event. Pretty rare I suppose.

 

I suppose

 

It's kinda interesting the coin is thicker around his head and I can feel the rim of the coin on the face of it

 

That coin was stuck in a dryer for some time. Totally PMD.

 

Money laundering.

 

WHAT????

 

Come on

 

Haha