Hi, I'm new to the site. Have had this blank for many years and am just getting around to seeing if anyone thinks it might be anything. It's exactly quarter size and approximate weight. Don't know much about coins but always hang onto anything that looks interesting.......and always looking for that 1943 copper Lincoln!!!! Thanks for any info you can provide! Aquitaine
My first reaction is that it has somehow been faked as the reeding is put on the coin AS its being struck (i.e. the third die). Additionally, I see no rim??
Hi, I agree. It's a slug. I have found a dozen or so as I've searched through rolls. Some are reeded and some are not. They are designed to fool vending machines. Many will not work anymore as modern vending machines actually read the composition of the coin.
Reeding is the little verticle lines on the edges of dimes, quarters, halves and dollars. The Rim is the upturned or raised edge of the coin. All US coins have raised rims which serve to protect the design and facilitate stacking. Once blanks are punched they get heated in an annealing oven and then sent through an upsetting mill. The upsetting mill rolls the coin through an area that gets smaller in diameter than the blank. This kinda squishes the edges up creating a rim. Blanks come in two types. Type 1 which has not been through the upsetting mill Type 2 which has been through the upsetting mill and has a rim (raised edges).
Thanks! Pretty soon I'll understand what everyone's talking about! It actually helps me better understand the couple of coins I DO have.
