My favorite person came to visit today and she had with her a large envelope full of bank rejects for me to enjoy. I get an envelope once a week if lucky but today was different. They did a complete breakdown of the change return and pulled out a bunch of rejects stuck in the duct work of the machine! Banazza! They were nasty and I had to soak the lot in hot soapy water just to get the gum and mung off the coins! lol.. all in all I pulled in $21.58 in us qts, dimes, nickels and cent coins. There was even a nice 1997 Kennedy in the pile. After cleaning and rinsing and drying, I was able to check out the coins the bank was ready to chuck in the trash. Can’t believe they do this? The coins that stood out were put aside and hopefully I can get some answers here? The coins in qouestion are;. 1 brass or bronze coin with a square hole? Japan, China? 2 a dime with a thickness of a nickel but smaller then a cent? Someone has messed with this? Why? 3 one 1928 and one 1938 ten cent coins from the Netherlands? 4 one 5 PTAS coin? 5 several Canada coins, dimes, quarters. 6 several coins that are worn down almost paper thin! 7 one smooth copper coin the was dragged under a bus. I couldn’t make out what it was until I saw one of my photos. I believe it’s a Jefferson nickel? Nothing is valuable but what I think interesting. Any thoughts or comments will be appreciated! Tks
I think the thick dime has been "spooned." The two Netherlands coins are .640 silver so there's a little bit of value there.
Spooned! I’ve heard the terminology before but didn’t know what it was. What’s the reasoning behind it? As for the silver coins, I seam to find them occasionally mixed in with the rejects. Someday I’ll offer them as a bulk lot to someone or swap or trade them. Thank you.
WoW! I hope you bought the bank employees Donuts. LOL Also, Spooning can be accomplished a couple of ways. Intentionally and Unintentionally.
No donuts from me! I’ll just send her the money one of these days. She can use it more than me. I love getting these rejects weekly so why not keep the help happy! It’s become my favorite pass time now that I’m not driving anymore, something to look forward too. Actually, I’m in it for the small treasures I find once in a while looking through the beechnut and crud. So, what’s behind the spooning thing? I could see it was pmd and nothing else. The edge reeds are all worn down..
That's a nice thought about sending her the money! Spooning like I said, can be done with the tapping of the rim with a spoon or small hammer. Also, theory has it that it can be accomplished in a dryer. Story has it that soldiers bored at times did this to make a ring for a loved one, believe it or not.
You can make a ring out of a coin by spooning it. There are videos showing the process. I think prisoners also did it - there is a short scene in the movie Cool Hand Luke showing a coin being spooned. Seems like a dime is too small to make a ring though.
kentucky, thanks for the link. Now it make sense! I wonder how many rare dates went to nickel heaven this way?
K , I have to agree with you about the dime being too small. The receded edge is gone and all that remains is a smooth surface with more copper showing and paper thin outer layer of silver on both sides. It’s not even silver if I’m correct. Lol
Thank you! Just an interesting piece and it was a free reject. Slabbed and tucked away! Never to see daylight again! Lol
Spooning in a term that is used when a spoon is banged against the edge of a coin in order to make it wider. The idea is that once it’s wide enough, one can drill out the center and now you have a ring.
