hi everyone first off let me explain what i have, i found a quarter in a nickel roll, ( the roll was from the bank not the mint) I work at a fast food place and needed nickels in my drawer, so i got a roll of nickels and opened it and saw a quarter in it. The quarter in question is the same size as a nickel. the edges looked (the best way i can describe it is wrapped back onto itself making it the size of a nickel? its a 2002 state quarter the back says (the mangolia state) i attached pictures hopefully i can get a explaniation of why this coin is like this and a rough estimate on value. the value isnt as important as what happened to create this coin.
also here is a picture in comparison to a quarter, sorry the picture quality sucks its from a cell phone
Amazing! Is that 4th pic down the edge b/c it shows a copper center which wouldn't be from a nickel planchet. Got me on that one but whatever you do, don't loose it!!
the last picture is me holding the coin in question (the copper looking one) and a real nickel. the copper color i think is just the same color you see on a normal quarters edge. just spread out to cover the entire edge ive been looking closely at the coin and it seems like the edge "which is what just baffles me) is where its "folded over" (best seen in pic 1) looks like a whole another piece of metal on its own. (which at 1st made me think man made fake) but there are not really any toolmarks on it and its a perfect circle . so i dont know. and in comparison to a quarter the edge if unrolled looks as if it would fit a normal quarter size. ill have a better picture on here real soon
It looks like a spooned/dryer quarter. A quarter struck on a nickel planchet would have flattened the rim edge, not thickened it.
Why is either way fine? They are two completely different things even though they look similar. A spooned coin is a coin they was done by someone deliberately. A dryer coin is one that got stuck in the fins of a dryer, or similar machinery, and stayed there long enough to have that effect on them.
Either way, it is simply a damaged quarter. This is actually one where I might lean toward someone attempting to spoon the thing. I would expect to se more damage to the obverse and reverse surfaces if this one was stuck in a dryer...unless it was stuck in a fin by itself for a really long period of time. It would need to be seen in hand to be sure but it doesn't really matter much. Thanks, Bill
