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<p>[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1037999, member: 23626"]I will dig through my stock, but it really looks like a plated coin. Back in the day when high schools still had auto and metal shops, guys would play with coins. They acid dipped cents to make them the size of a dime for use in vending machines, chrome plated them for the heck of it and so on. By that, I am guessing your coin has a post mint damage.</p><p> </p><p>We would even solder quarters to nails and drive them into the expansion joints in sidewalks with a plastic mallet to watch people try and pick the coin up.</p><p> </p><p>gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1037999, member: 23626"]I will dig through my stock, but it really looks like a plated coin. Back in the day when high schools still had auto and metal shops, guys would play with coins. They acid dipped cents to make them the size of a dime for use in vending machines, chrome plated them for the heck of it and so on. By that, I am guessing your coin has a post mint damage. We would even solder quarters to nails and drive them into the expansion joints in sidewalks with a plastic mallet to watch people try and pick the coin up. gary[/QUOTE]
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