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what happened to this quarter? a meat grinder on the reverse side, perhaps? just curious.
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<p>[QUOTE="VistaCruiser69, post: 8305392, member: 107016"]I know you're just kidding around, but seriously, if the coin featured on this thread was on a road where vehicles are traveling faster than 5 miles per hour, both sides will be severely chewed up. Because coins being run over by vehicles traveling faster than 5 mph cause the coin to bounce up and many time will land on it's other side, with the rear tire running the coin over a second time, causing damage to the other side.</p><p> </p><p>That's why 99% of the time a nail or screw will be stuck in the rear tires of a vehicle. The front wheel causes the nail or screw to bounce up after running it over and the rear wheel then runs it over again, thus the nail or screw penetrates the rear tire.</p><p> </p><p>For this reason, this coin featured on this thread was run over by vehicles traveling no faster than 5 mph, such as like at a gas station, drive way, or small parking lot. If I was a betting man, I'd place my money on it being damaged at a junk food drive-through window, where someone dropped a piece of their change and cars ran it over half the day until an employee came along and picked it up along with restaurant trash, placing it back into circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="VistaCruiser69, post: 8305392, member: 107016"]I know you're just kidding around, but seriously, if the coin featured on this thread was on a road where vehicles are traveling faster than 5 miles per hour, both sides will be severely chewed up. Because coins being run over by vehicles traveling faster than 5 mph cause the coin to bounce up and many time will land on it's other side, with the rear tire running the coin over a second time, causing damage to the other side. That's why 99% of the time a nail or screw will be stuck in the rear tires of a vehicle. The front wheel causes the nail or screw to bounce up after running it over and the rear wheel then runs it over again, thus the nail or screw penetrates the rear tire. For this reason, this coin featured on this thread was run over by vehicles traveling no faster than 5 mph, such as like at a gas station, drive way, or small parking lot. If I was a betting man, I'd place my money on it being damaged at a junk food drive-through window, where someone dropped a piece of their change and cars ran it over half the day until an employee came along and picked it up along with restaurant trash, placing it back into circulation.[/QUOTE]
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