Joe, service men during the war used to make rings out of coins. My dad served in the South Pacific during WW II and spent many a long hours on...
Mountain Man, I am not sure as to which stage to guess this could have happened...I was not aware of spooning damage or possibly dryer coin...
Spooned or dryer coin, but PMD either way. At what stage of the minting process did you think this could happen?
Its odd that most of the damage seems to be on the obverse side of the rim. Usually this type of coin is labeled a dryer coin or a spooning...
Not a dryer coin the rims are to perfect.I agree with grease filled die nice find but (@paddyman98).
Thank you, I guess I hadn’t even considered this for two reasons 1- I don’t know enough,2- I would have expected the reeded edge to have some...
Looks like a dryer coin to Meow.
Sorry If I offended anyone in the board regarding their expert opinions. I know you guys have a lot of experience than I do and more knowledge...
Thank you! This is exactly what happened to the coin I just found.
thank you
Dryer coin vs spooned coin | Coin Talk
Really?so what could've caused it.The coin was in a brand new roll so did it happen at the mint then?OK now I'm uncertain(@paddyman98).
I will go with ED, environmental damage on both coins. Your second coin was a match to possible "dryer coin." Fits all of the parameters.
Looks like a dryer coin to me. Caught in the mechanism of a clothes dryer, rolled long enough to squeeze down the edge. I've seen a lot of coins...
Spooned. Someone started hitting the edge with a tool to possibly make a ring, or something, and gave up when they realized how long it would...
It looks like it was in a rock tumbling machine. The design lettering seem to be mushed down flat which makes them fatter looking. It does not...
A dryer coin gets stuck between the rotating inner drum and external stationary support drum. This causes it to tumble repeatedly in the confined...
Which guy are you referring to? o_O Dryer coin. Not a Mint Error of any kind.
Agreed
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