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<p>[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 4870235, member: 94733"]Welcome to the craziness of this forum [USER=114943]@Kiekie[/USER]. There are a lot of knowledgeable members here to help (for free) with questions about collecting, coins, currency, and a lot of other things.</p><p>While a dryer coin may be associated in the true sense with quarters (laundromats), any coin can get "stuck" in a washer or dryer and abused. Here is a good illustration of what could happen.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176002[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I, personally, don't believe your nickel is a dryer coin, but rather fell fate to some other type of abuse, like a rock tumbler, or something that kept it moving against other objects to wear it down. Think of a coin in the sand at the beach, constantly being washed against the grains with each wave. The bottom line is that it is PMD, or Post Mint Damage, meaning it happened after it left the mint, so not an error, just an oddity. And NAV, No Added Value, so still worth just a nickel.</p><p>Keep up the watchful eye and post when you think we can help. Good luck.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 4870235, member: 94733"]Welcome to the craziness of this forum [USER=114943]@Kiekie[/USER]. There are a lot of knowledgeable members here to help (for free) with questions about collecting, coins, currency, and a lot of other things. While a dryer coin may be associated in the true sense with quarters (laundromats), any coin can get "stuck" in a washer or dryer and abused. Here is a good illustration of what could happen. [ATTACH=full]1176002[/ATTACH] I, personally, don't believe your nickel is a dryer coin, but rather fell fate to some other type of abuse, like a rock tumbler, or something that kept it moving against other objects to wear it down. Think of a coin in the sand at the beach, constantly being washed against the grains with each wave. The bottom line is that it is PMD, or Post Mint Damage, meaning it happened after it left the mint, so not an error, just an oddity. And NAV, No Added Value, so still worth just a nickel. Keep up the watchful eye and post when you think we can help. Good luck.[/QUOTE]
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