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I said if I found the dime I would share it on here. I ended up finding the quarter and dime both.

I never read anyones post above. Dont know if the answer was posted yet but Im going with fire. Looks like something charred on it and looks like metal Ive seen before after being in fire.

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Now I cant post with my phone at all for some reason. When I click a picture to share, soon as I hit the add files button it takes me back to the home screen. I used to post them all the time and they updated the site and its done that ever since.

I had to download a picture compressor app before it would let me post them on my phone. Always said the files I was trying to add was to large.

Sounds like here where I live. Everyone is very friendly and use "sir" and "mam" to everyone.

My dryer is simular to the one in the diagram. The only spots the coins can fall out of the tumbler is in the ends where the tumbler sits on bearings made of fabric. They also got cloth heat seals to hold heat in on each end. The bearings were worn on mine making it wobble unevenly. It also left small gaps where the coins made their way out. Right at the end, the way the front piece is made, a coin could get trapped and rotate around it a few revolutions until it fell out. Thats what i figured happend to the cents I posted above. Wish I couldve found that dime again. It was worn down quite a bit. Most the coins were unharmed. I guess they just fell out pretty quick. I figured the ones with the heavy damage fell out the back part of the dryer and got into the motor pully or rollers. Not sure but they took some bad abuse. You could tell it was fresh and done by the dryer.

I just threw them back in the change jug to roll up for Christmas money. Ive just seen dryer coins on here several times. Finding them in my dryer with that damage was a great chance to post them knowing for sure the dryer caused it. May be what tore my dryer up. Hung in there an broke the belt. Maybe not neither. I was very suprised to see how much there was down in the bottom of it.

I almost didnt post this thread but changed my mind. @Just Bob asked me to share a couple pictures of some coins I found working on my dryer. It broke down and I had to put new rollers, a front cloth bearing, and a belt in it. To my suprise when I took it apart it was full of change. It had $13.35 of just clad coins in the bottom. I didnt count the cents but, there was probably over a dollar worth of them. My old lady hasnt been cleaning out pockets very well it seems. Most of the coins were unaffected but there were a few that got caught in the tumbler and flattened out the rims and smoothed the surface down. I threw them all in a very large change jug and found a few. There was a dime that was very neat. it wore down quite a bit. I couldnt find it. It was buried in quite a bit of change. Maybe when i go to roll it up ill be able to spot it again. But there were a few coins that got completely mutilated. They look like parking lot coins now. I never knew a dryer would do that kind of damage. Here is the pics for those interested. Seems several new collectors are interested in damage these days. Maybe these pics will help them.

I started to make a post with them a couple days ago showing what dryer coins for sure looked like but I figured it would be uninteresting to everyone so i threw them in the jug with a couple hundred worth of change. Wish id kept them out a couple more days. It will take me a little while to find them again but soon as i do ill post them for sure. I got a 5 gallon plastic water jug about a third the way full to sort through.

It will take me a few minutes to find them again. I dropped them in change jug. Im looking for them now. Soon as i find them ill take pics and post them on my sons laptop. I found a couple that it totally mutilated. Ill post them also.

Looks likes its been caught in the tumbler of a dryer. My dryer tore up earlier this week and ive been working on it. I found over $13 worth of change in the bottom of it and 3 of them in there looked just like this where they got caught up in the tumbler. '

Im seeing it to @Coinbuf. It really looks like it could be one. I agree with you that it needs a closer look. I see exactly what you are describing.

For some reason Ive seen this particular ddo on some pretty rough coins still yet bring quite a bit of money. Not sure the reason why. Havent looked into it. Must be one of the more rare ddo's

Very cool piece. Very interesting info to go along with it. I really enjoy it when there is some history shared along with the tokens or coins. Thanks for sharing. Its a lovely piece and congrats on getting to add it to your collection.

Id say it could be. Is it silver plated? Thats very cool if it is.

I really like that coin box. Ive never seen one or knew there was such a thing. Thats very cool. Nice buy. I bet it was bad about scratching them back in the day. What is it made of? Aluminum? Tin?

If it were me I would keep them in the original government packaging.

I like it. Nice find. Sounds like you had a great trip.

82 is my birth year. Would love to see a pic of it.

Did you get to go visit The Lourve @VKurtB? I would love to have the chance to go there. That place is amazing. Id say it espically is to visit it in person.

Those are both stunning. Very hard to choose. If I absolutely had to pick Id pick the 1822. Congratulations on being luky enough to add both those beauties to your collection. Love the blueish toning.

West Virgina and Eastern Ky are completely full of coal mines. Theres hundreds of them. We was working in Knott county today and there were trucks loaded down with coal passing by all day today.

I like it.

Did you snag it at the end of the line?