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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2888988, member: 15062&quot;]There has been a lot of causality and interchangeability in the descriptions of coins showing these types of damage.&nbsp; They do NOT look the same, or even anything close to each other. </p><p><br /></p><p>A dryer coin takes its damage mainly on the outer edges of the faces and partly in the center of each face.&nbsp; The edge will be slightly thinner than an undamaged coin and the devices will show varying amounts of wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>A spooned coin takes all of its damage on the rim with little collateral damage to the devices.&nbsp; Often the rim will be folded over onto the fields of each face.</p><p><br /></p><p>The differences are obvious;</p><blockquote><p>if the rim is thin with worn devices, it&#039;s a dryer coin;</p><p>if the rim is thick with no wear on the devices, it&#039;s a spooned coin.</p><p><b><u><br /></u></b></p><p><b><u><font size="6">Five photos of dryer coins:</font></u></b></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/WZoANuU.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.iamtonyang.com/1211/worn_coins.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/DRYER_COIN_JEFFERSON_NICKEL_ChristyJ_CCF_A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b106Nda3RTU/maxresdefault.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/coop49/DRYER_COIN_JEFFERSON_NICKEL_ChristyJ_CCF_B.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><b><u><font size="6">Five photos of spooned coins:</font></u></b></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/1992ddimea-jpg.593441/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/Magicmike25/20160530014921_image.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/jpennyjar1/20170726_IMG_3984.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/spf77/20120917_DSCF1354_opt.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://metaldetectingforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=64701&amp;stc=1&amp;d=1279480528" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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