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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 8495263, member: 74863&quot;]Welcome to CT. You should start your own post as this one is from 2008. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tsking coins to an antique dealer is the worst thing you can do. I’m an active antique dealer and a coin collector so I know. The dealer is correct in what he is saying. Not sure if prisoners do this but it is common. If you take a spoon and beat the edge it widens the edge and makes the coin smaller. This technique is known as spooning. </p><p><br /></p><p>Probably a video on the Internet about spooning. It destroys the coin and most give up after they have damaged the coin. After the coin was beaten round enough it was drilled out and made into a ring. Lots of time is necessary to complete this process.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try taking your coins to a local coin shop as you will have better service than an antique dealer. Beware that not all coin B shops are honest and will offer less than it’s worth. If you post photos, one coin at a time in a thread of both sides, and ask clear questions, you will get honest answers on CT.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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