[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] So I found this 2016 P dime today that has the nickel side of the edge reeding, but the copper side is slick,...
Start of a dryer coin.
The OP's coin is not a "dryer coin". But it is damaged. Both faces were heavily abraded after the coin left the MInt.
Looks like a dryer coin.
What would that be? A coin to put in the washer at the laundromat to start the machine? I think you mean dryer coin damage. But it's not. It's...
Yes and maybe a dryer coin
maybe a dryer coin ???
Or industrial dryer coin.
I know this one's pretty beat but I was interested in the shape of it. It looked like a broad struck to me, and I also contemplated the potential...
This is neither a dryer coin nor a spooned coin. But it is damaged. It was rolled and squeezed in the horizontal plane by a hand-cranked or...
Nah, looking at the slightly raised edge alongside the RTY in Liberty, I'm sticking with early state dryer coin.
Could be. Maybe somebody ground down the edge to use the coin as a spacer or something mechanical. (Like to reinforce the bottom of a chair leg?...
...a modern coin is anybody's guess, however. Usually this sort of thing happens accidentally nowadays, due to things like the "dryer coin"...
I tend to agree. Looking at it under a 10x it is not smooth. I'm leaning to "Spooner" coin. Why anyone would "spoon" coins is beyond me though.
Looking at the edge photo you posted, I'd say it was man-made damage, based upon how sharp the edge looks. If it were a dryer coin, the edge would...
Looks like an early state dryer coin that didn't progress into further damage. It is unusual looking, but yes, you're right that it is similar to...
looks like a dryer coin which then experienced a whole lotta circulation after being rescued from the dryer :confused:
1964 would be 90% Silver but with environmental toning damage on the surface. And the edge was altered. Spooned.. [ATTACH] Looking at it better...
PMD. Likely a 'dryer coin'. Got stuck in a clothes dryer and was 'beaten' into having a wider/deeper 'rim'.
Someone used a buffing tool or it's a dryer coin?
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