Strange nickel

[mastereagle22]

"Found" this today in my change. Anyone have any ideas?

The "ring" around the nickel is unbroken and the same color as the nickel. I have never seen anything like this.

 

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[mastereagle22]

By chance was the Nickel in the "Dryer"..as in Clothes Dryer...
I have an older Clothes Dryer and pulled out quarters and dimes that come out looking just like that.

They get caught between the drum and the worn-out drum seal. And spin around in place causing the wear..they get a nice deep copper color from it..



Just a thought

Zoso71

I am not sure, I got it as change from a store. It was like that when it came to me.

 

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[Bigcypresshunter]

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[MEinWV]

Ok! Thanks for telling about how you examined it. After studying the pics more closely, I can see that it is possible to do it, but to be so perfect it would have probably been done on a machine of some kind.

What is the date? Can you tell? Looking at the surfaces, and comparing it to another nickel, the detail is really lacking. It looks like the real deal but it is fuzzy. Could be a legit error of some kind!

.............HH

 

[Jim West Pa]

I can appreciate the coin ring suggestions but if you look real close...that's some serious precise work for bein "banged on". I tend to think it is a mint strike error.Compare it to the size of a penny.
If it is indeed the beginings of a coin ring. My hat is off to how ever did that. If he/she is not a craftsman, smith or jeweler, by trade then i would say they are in the wrong profession. MHO, Jim

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

Here are my 2 cents, or should I say 5 cents....

More common on the larger coins such as Susan B. Anthony Dollars, as coins were continualy inserted into slot machines over and over again ( you would cash out at the widow when you won a cup of money from a slot mahine. the coins would be exchanged again to be put back into the slot mahines, again and again.)
I think that these are more common on the west coast "VEGAS"
I read an article in the Numismatist about this.

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

All this talk of coin rings I thought I would post this pic....

 

[mastereagle22]

All this talk of coin rings I thought I would post this pic....

WOW. Holy Smokes! I would love to have something like that that is soooooooooo coool I tried to make one all I did was mangle a couple of silver dimes.

 

[txkickergirl]

All this talk of coin rings I thought I would post this pic....

wow I bet that one was pain staking! Love it! How was it made?

 

[Rob66]

It could be an error coin, looks like the pressure setting on the striking die was to high.Just a guess?

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

I dont think that it is a mint error. This coin is altered outside of the mint.
Other meathods of hammering a coin is to place a piece of leather between the hammer and coin. Smooth every time. I will post a pic of what I believe is a hammered Lincoln Cent.
More later, I have to run for now.....

Another pic of the Barber Dime cut coin ring....

 

[romeo-1]

I am two hours into a hammered 50 cent. I am making a size 11 ring for myself. I will post pics of the finished product...hopefully next week.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

My dad used to make jewelry as a hobby and he has a ring stretcher that also had an attachment to shrink rings. It only worked on round bands though. He would put it in a round hole and pull a lever and it would compress the ring thus making it smaller. I wonder if someone has used one of those on that nickel? Might be a crazy idea but it seems like it could work after watching. They could have given up after realizing it was going to make it too small for them to wear. Just a thought

DANGLANGLEY

 

[SC_hunter]

Ok Folks....Just thought you would like to see what happens to a coin ring when you get very impatient...lol Geeeezzz if patience is a virtue then I am not a virtuous person...My son finally made one and is the final throws of polishing it up...mine is going in the silver shredder..

 

[VERMONTPACKRAT]

This cent is similar to the nickle. A bit smaller than a normal cent but the same weight.
This coin looks like after the rim was upset it was hammered flat with something like a piece of leather to soften the blow.

 

[romeo-1]

Ok Folks....Just thought you would like to see what happens to a coin ring when you get very impatient...lol Geeeezzz if patience is a virtue then I am not a virtuous person...My son finally made one and is the final throws of polishing it up...mine is going in the silver shredder..

Are you hitting that with a sledge hammer

 

[SC_hunter]

Ok Folks....Just thought you would like to see what happens to a coin ring when you get very impatient...lol Geeeezzz if patience is a virtue then I am not a virtuous person...My son finally made one and is the final throws of polishing it up...mine is going in the silver shredder..

Are you hitting that with a sledge hammer

LOL....started with a spoon...ended with the sledge...I figured it had to be a faster way......NOT

 

[txkickergirl]

SC somewhere off in the distance taps is playing for your what use to be a coin.

I started mine got busy with other things and have put it aside right now. The clad one I was practicing on with a small hammer didn't even look as bad as yours.lol

 

[christian101]

use to find pennys and nickles inside water pump of washing machine that looked like that

 

[threedawgs]

3 ideas about washer/dryers hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?

 

[Pentico]

Okay, I found this post and thought how cool would it be to make the wife a coin ring.
I am in! Lil
Looked at all the stuff on how to make one.
Saw a few pictures above on how not to make one... Lil
The spoon will take some time.
I like the double sided one better. I think I have a better shot at making that kind.
Going to work on a old quarter I have.
Wish me luck.
Chris