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<p>[QUOTE="Hamhawk, post: 1301109, member: 31158"]It took me a while to believe people that a dryer could do this to a coin, but it happens. What happens is the as the coin spins in the dryer (usualy a large industrial one, I'v never seen it happen with any coins in my dryer at home). It rolls on its edge and is bumped over and over again, the resulting damage looks like the coin above with a rounded edge. Almost like someone added some sort of extra material, but it's a result of continuously being banged and rolled on it's side. If you drop a coin on it's side you can't dent it, so it only makes sense that if you do it often enough the damage will become sort of uniform.</p><p><br /></p><p>Similar damage can be caused by a hammer or heavy spoon. People do it someimes to make rings out of silver coins. I believe it was originaly sailors in the navy who started spooning coins as a way to pass time, but please don't quote me on that. There are some excellent posts on here about spooning if you search for it. As for your nickle, some one tried to turn it into a good luck charm or pendant, I can't see any way that could be a mint error.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hamhawk, post: 1301109, member: 31158"]It took me a while to believe people that a dryer could do this to a coin, but it happens. What happens is the as the coin spins in the dryer (usualy a large industrial one, I'v never seen it happen with any coins in my dryer at home). It rolls on its edge and is bumped over and over again, the resulting damage looks like the coin above with a rounded edge. Almost like someone added some sort of extra material, but it's a result of continuously being banged and rolled on it's side. If you drop a coin on it's side you can't dent it, so it only makes sense that if you do it often enough the damage will become sort of uniform. Similar damage can be caused by a hammer or heavy spoon. People do it someimes to make rings out of silver coins. I believe it was originaly sailors in the navy who started spooning coins as a way to pass time, but please don't quote me on that. There are some excellent posts on here about spooning if you search for it. As for your nickle, some one tried to turn it into a good luck charm or pendant, I can't see any way that could be a mint error.[/QUOTE]
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