1962 Jefferson nickel liquid letters

If you look closely at every part of this jefferson nickle, it all looks liquidity. What's going on her?

 

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Struck with worn dies.

 

I'm going to say Die trails . Ok so I got it wrong , I guess I meant what's called striations trails

 

Coin dies wear out from metal movement across their surface every time the die strikes a coin. After thousands of coins the die fatigues and starts to wear causing the small striation line around the design elements. The metal moves faster and further at the edges of the coin. This is why they are prominent closer to the edge of the coin. Simply put: Worn dies.

 

Nope. Worn dies. You can see the “orange peel” effect in some of the pictures.

 

OK . Worn Dies it is .

 

Worn dies and a worn coin.

 

When that coin was struck, it could buy a full size Snicker's Bar...(sigh).

 

I remember when it cost a dime to use the Pay Phone.

 

What’s a Pay Phone?

 

Oh yeah, a guy I know has one in his man cave/garage. Says he used to have over 200 on a route. Now he lives in the garage

 

Their not cheap either . I wonder if they still have them in the U.S ?

 

Worn die yes, also a bit bit of PMD, in my opinion. Good luck

 

Ah yes! That picture is a more recent payphone. Older models did not have the metal wrap around the handset wire. The metal was added because you could pierce the wire with a pin or small wire-like nail, making contact with the internal bare wires. Then find a spot on the phone where the paint had been scratched off. Rub the pin on the bare metal, creating a ground. This results in getting a dial tone. And Whoopie! you can make a local call for free!
Of course, I never did that....it's just what I heard.

 

The last time I used a pay phone was in a rural village in northern Minnesota maybe 20 years ago. I desperately needed to make a call, halfway between home and work (just over a 3-hour drive). Saw the phone booth, grabbed the handset and put it to my ear while I reached for change...and got an ear full of strawberry jelly. *$^@X

The time previous to that I had just dropped off a group of kids at a Bible Camp and needed to call home. Just as my son at home answered I got repeatedly stung by a hornet who had crawled into my sandal. Can't even describe the pain (it would be edited out). And my son had to wait a while before I could come back on the line and explain what had happened...all he heard was me screaming.

Cell phones might tick us off once in a while, but I'll take that frustration to the old pay phone days!

Steve

 

Funny story...in my hippie (aka. homeless) days, I was down to my last dime and I needed to make a call. I put in into the phone and got cut off before being connected. The bloody machine ate my dime!

I dialed the Operator to ask for my dime back. Operators used to be able to remotely spit back a dime, but she said she couldn't do that. She took my name and address and promised reimbursement. I'm fuming.

Fast forward about a year and I'm back home. My Dad hands me a big roll of mail. As I'm going through it, I see a letter from a California phone company. Inside was a check for 10¢. What I found amusing was that the letter had a 13¢ stamp! I still have the letter...and the check. Sorry...I digress.

 

Payphones (and vending machines) used to be where we all went to find reject coins before CoinStar machines were invented.

Z