Mower coin

[goldencoin]

Hello,

I'm bored, so, I'm going to post my best mower coin. this coin has been horribly disfigured by the school's lawnmower and i found it MD'ing. I would like to see your mower coins too.

HH
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[acevillav]

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

Keep swingin amigo.

Acevillav 8)

 

[Wetgreenie]

Hmmm i can't seem to find the section in my Redbook for "Mower coins"
I'm thinkin there should be one.

 

[goldencoin]

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

HH
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[Dick from IA]

This should be a fun thread, Goldencoin

I have a few, but none tops yours, so far.

DFIU

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

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

 

[Boobydoo]

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

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[goldencoin]

Nice one BDoo

H
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[lordmarcovan]

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".

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.

 

[goldencoin]

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!

HH
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[Rusted_Iron]

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!

 

[Postalrevnant]

Them sure is some ugly coins.

 

[lordmarcovan]

Ooh! Ooh! UGLY COIN COMPETITION! Yeah!

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

 

[goldencoin]

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.......

HH
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[Monty]

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! Monty

 

[sfinder]

Don't forget the coins that have been run over by trains!

 

[nhbenz]

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!

 

[Salvager]

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!!!

 

[MacManOhio]

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.

 

[lordmarcovan]

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).