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Jul 13, 2012, 11:15 PM
#1
nickname: Eagle Four-Eyes
Same coin, different thought.
After all the laughter died down, I started wondering. I just plain assumed that this was just a poor ole nickel that met up with a lawnmower blade. But, anyone think there's any possibility that this was made this way? The cut seems awfully clean and not like it was pinched in some sort of cutter.
Maybe someone made change? LOL
Anyway, any thoughts welcomed.
Last edited by WHADIFIND; Jul 13, 2012 at 11:19 PM.
I have to take my detector out for a walk every now & then. If I don't, it starts leaving little piles of pull tabs all over the house!!
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Jul 13, 2012 11:15 PM
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Jul 14, 2012, 02:23 AM
#2
Have a look at the corners of the straight edge, does it look like they are marks a blade could make as it sliced into the beveled edge of the rim?
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Jul 14, 2012, 09:15 AM
#3
nickname: Eagle Four-Eyes
Originally Posted by
Chaser
Have a look at the corners of the straight edge, does it look like they are marks a blade could make as it sliced into the beveled edge of the rim?
Well, honestly, I can't tell. The overall patina seems to be consistent though. Even the cut.
Your guess would probably be better than mine. 
Here's a couple more views. Sorry, best I can do.
I have to take my detector out for a walk every now & then. If I don't, it starts leaving little piles of pull tabs all over the house!!
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Jul 14, 2012, 10:44 AM
#4
Well there are some prank coins. It might be one of those
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Jul 14, 2012, 07:07 PM
#5
Definitely cut intentionally from the looks of it. We will never know the story behind it I'm sure.
"Life's a garden. DIG IT!!!" - - Joe Dirt
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Jul 15, 2012, 06:13 AM
#6
Extremely simple answer - it is a screwdriver
Since it was found at a school, it might have been made by a janitor who used it for changing toilet paper in an early version of the ubiquitous tamper proof TP dispenser. From what I recall, the latches looked a little like a wide screw with the center drilled out and required a very wide blade.
Perhaps it belonged to a groundskeeper who was tired of carrying a full sized screwdriver around when using a mower that needed to be tweaked on a regular basis.
Maybe a cash starved math or economics teacher realized that while a screwdriver costs a dollar, a nickel only costs five cents.
Or it might have belonged to a mischievous kid who didn't want to get caught with a screwdriver when the teacher's desk or chair fell apart.
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Jul 15, 2012, 09:29 AM
#7
looks like it was grinded
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Jul 16, 2012, 03:15 AM
#8
Is the straight edge flush?
Not only straight but at right angles?
There is cross grain scars?
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