Yet another interesting find

[Truth]

Not sure what this is? I can't notice any markings on the front or back, but it is very thin and rigid around the edge like a coin. Any idea?

 

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[sjvalleyhunter]

A dime that some kid put on a railroad track.

 

[Truth]

A dime that some kid put on a railroad track.

I think you might be right


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[Fixitdave]

What does it weigh

 

[Truth]

What does it weigh

Excellent question! I'll let you know in 20 minutes I'm on my way home and let's see if it weighs the same as a dime.


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[Truth]

Mystery solved it is a dime that was on a railroad track at one time and there happens to be a railroad track on the next block where I found it. Both weighted 2.2 grams.

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[beerguy]

While I cannot be definitive, I used to put coins on a track near my G-ma's house when I was a young delinquent.

I found that they tended to make the coins longer than they were wide.

This may be because the train was at speed, but I would be surprised to see a coin be flattened out uniformly like that from a train.

Just my .02

 

[sjvalleyhunter]

Just yesterday I happened to be working at a spot next to some heavily traveled train tracks where the trains were coming by every 15 minutes or so. I actually thought about this thread and decided to reminisce about my childhood by putting a few pennies, dime and nickle on the tracks. After the train went by I was only able to find two of the three pennies and the nickle was gone as well. One of the flattened pennies was very oblong in shape, but the other was quite round. The dime also came out fairly round. I ended up giving them to a couple of kids who were watching me (I was probably a bad influence on them). Point being, the coins can come out round, but there are probably a lot of variables to it.