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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 462754, member: 66&quot;]Ever seen baby rings?&nbsp; I have, and I have seen one that was made from a gold dollar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>No I&#039;m not saying that these dimes were intended to be rings because it is highly unlikely.&nbsp; While I agree these are probably from a dryer, the term &quot;spooned&quot; as I see it is a verb which actually just refers to the widening and/or rounding of the rim by tapping on the edge without regard to the implement used.&nbsp; The word &quot;Spooned&quot; is a holdover from WWII when the creating of rings&nbsp; from the larger silver coins by tapping on the edge with a tablespoon.&nbsp; (I would guess other implements were used as well, but the verbal history mentions spoons and you can&#039;t tell from looking at the finished rings what they were tapped with.)&nbsp; So when I see one of these coins described as &quot;spooned&quot; I don&#039;t assume that it was actually tapped with a spoon to make a ring, but that the edge has been beaten lightly until it has the appearance of the coins that WERE beaten with spoons to make rings.</p><p><br /></p><p>And Jazzcoins, as mentioned earlier those rings are NOT from spooned coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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