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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 242392, member: 4350&quot;]I wish people would forget that spooning thing<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Some older silver dollars and halves are spooned ,&nbsp; really!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Noone spoons cents, nickels dimes or quarters. I suppose someone with too much time on his hands might try but it is not likely in todays day and age.</p><p><br /></p><p>Halves and quarters with their reeding missing usually are the result of being used in slot machines or being tumbled in a clothes drier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Commercial driers have parts that coins easily get stuck inside of.&nbsp; The coins roll around in there sometimes for months and end up with the reeding missing.</p><p><br /></p><p>On occasion, a coin that is supposed to have a reeded edge is struck centered and without the collar and that would be an error.&nbsp; They are usually a little &quot;broadstruck&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shown above looks to be a slot machine quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Bill[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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