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acevillav

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I found a quaretr that went throughthe chipper and got mixed in with the multch. :D. Any luck putting that dime in a viceto flatten it ;)

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i also have a penny that went through the chipper.....it is unrecognisable.

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My best is a 1944 merc that was chopped nearly in half. Never did find the other piece.
 

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Here's a quarter I found this summer. Pretty chopped up and would certainly jam a coinstar machine :).

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Nice one BDoo

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Boy, I've found a bunch. Lots of "mowerized" coins out there!

I've found several. Never bothered to photograph 'em, though.

Here: I will show my "half dime". ;D

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Speaking of half dimes (the real ones), I dug an 1854 one time that was bent nearly double, and looked like some of the more modern lawnmower casualties, although I suspect it was damaged long before there were power mowers. It read as a pulltab and was really shallow- just below the grassroots. I thought it was a piece of pulltab tongue at first.
 

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thats a real nice one, however, mine takes the cake for the most bent....it is about 3-4 mimileters in hieght. Keep em comming!

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I love my mower coins too, but my best is a silver wartime nickel that somebody shot with a pellet gun. It bent pretty good from the impact. I don't have a pic of it yet. Still not as bent as yours though!
 

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Ooh! Ooh! UGLY COIN COMPETITION! Yeah!

I submit my Indian cents, particularly the 186(5?) on the left. :D

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pretty bad....but i've seen zinc pennies that have first been in the parking lot, then lost at the beach for a decade....i had to give it a bath in the works so it would fit in the roll.......

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All those coins will go through a Coin Star machine. You just need a cold chisel and a bigger hammer to get it through that first little slot! Now kids, don't try this at home! ;) :D ;D Monty
 

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Not a coin, but I did find a socket (from one of my own ratchet/socket sets) in my driveway with my snowblower last winter... it got thrown through one of the windows of my garage... doh!
 

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nhbenz said:
Not a coin, but I did find a socket (from one of my own ratchet/socket sets) in my driveway with my snowblower last winter... it got thrown through one of the windows of my garage... doh!

I can imagine some of the words that would be used to describe that!!! OUCH!!!
 

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For those who hadn't seen my tortured quarter on another post. I'm still trying to pry it open to see the date. Pretty sure it's silver too.
 

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You needed to post that here. I was going to, but lost track of this thread. That's a Class-A mower coin, for sure!

PS- do my eyes detect a "D" mintmark below the wreath on the reverse? If so, that clinches it- it's silver.

Mintmarks were on the reverse until 1964, when the last silver quarters were made for circulation. In 1965-67 US coins were clad, and struck without mintmarks. In 1968, mintmarks were resumed, but they moved the mintmark location to the obverse. So if that's a "D" there on the reverse, and I'm pretty sure it is, you have a silver coin.

I don't see any reddish-brown copper from the central clad layer, either, as you would if a modern clad coin got chewed up. (Note the first picture of Boobydoo's NY quarter).
 

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