Quarter w/ Copper Sides?

Hobo nickels were made with hard engraving tools. They are still made today with "dremel" tools and extremely hard steel tools.

That was work done to the surface of the coin which is completely different than sitting around tapping the edge of a nickel with a spoon until it becomes smaller and smaller, making it next to impossible to hold on to, then drilling a hole in the center, continuing on with the process and ending up with something that would be smaller than a 1/2 inch compression fitting.

It makes no sense. It wouldn't fit anything. Again, think what you wish, they do not exist.

Thanks,
Bill

 

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I remember about 35 years ago me and every kid in the hood got a quarter and a spoon and for about a week whacked away and drill out the center to make a ring and they where clad. That is when I found out copper will turn your skin green!

 

The damage Bill was talking about was the thousands of nicks and hits on the obv and rev. THOSE would not be caused when tapping the edges of a coin by hand. They are created by contact with all kinds of small hard objects that are also tumbling around in the fins on the dryer.

 

i have a penny like that

 

Conder,

I beg to differ! Read items # 1 and # 2 of his post that I have included below.

I am not trying to encil: over this but I believe and know that a coin (Nickel or Nickel-Copper Clad) can be spooned. Heck, many spoons are actually harder than the Enamel covered...thin Steel drum of a Clothes Dryer!


Frank

 

Sorry I thought this was the part you were referring to

And in that he is right. The damage in the fields of the obv and rev of the coin in the original post would never have been caused by someone "spooning" the coin.

But I do agree with you that a clad or nickel coin can be "spooned" simply because if someone was doing it today he wouldn't use a spoon, they would use something like a small hammer. (You don't use a large hammer because it is to easy to hit it too hard and cause dents rather than the smooth gentle shaping of the metal.) That's why I see "spooning" as a verb meaning to tap gently along the edge. It has nothing to do anymore with actual spoons.

 

Mint never tumble coins to eliminate sharp edges? The edge of this quarter is similar to the 1967 dime edge at the top, and also similar to the edge of the cents. Their oberse and reverse don't have indications about they been in a dryer.

 

Nickels? I've spooned one myself. Don't ask for pictures, it was some time ago and I no longer own it.

 

Its not spooning....I have two older coins with this, a 1959 silver penny with a silver rim, and a 1960 nickel with a brass rim around it. Definately not "spooning". I am dying to know what the reason for this is....its not from a washer either, this is a seperate piece of metal entirely...you can see the seperation on the silver penny where i tried to pull it apart as a kid...

 

Yes, what you have is a coin in a bezel, however, the coins the op is asking about is a dryer coin. Check the archives (older threads) and you'll see spooned and dryer coins which do not have a bezel.

 

I found this today. Pretty sure it’s the same thing you all were talking about but this is a quarter.