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Spoon or dryer or different planchet?

PppPpp Posts: 498 ✭✭✭✭

I have a 2022p quarter that weighs 5.11gms and has a diameter of 23.2mm

For reference:
-quarter should be 5.67 gms and 24.26mm diameter
-nickel should be 4.95 gms (weight of 2023p) and 21.2mm diameter

I say it’s a dryer coin.

Someone else says it is stamped on a nickel planchet.

Who is right?

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  • GreenstangGreenstang Posts: 1,136 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a nickel planchet, your right, it’s a dryer coin.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,169 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll take Dryer for $200, Alex!

    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 13, 2024 1:40PM

    @Ppp said:

    I say it’s a dryer coin.

    Someone else says it is stamped on a nickel planchet.

    If that's the case, where did the copper come from? And why is the rim rolled up to consume part of the details around the circumference?

    Who is right?

    You are. 🏆

    ("Dryer coin" being a generic term for a coin subjected to some kind of mechanical wearing down or grinding).

  • MarkKelleyMarkKelley Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Someone" says it's a nickel planchet? "Someone" is wrong.

  • PppPpp Posts: 498 ✭✭✭✭

    Thank you for the confirmation.
    I am going to have some fun sharing your replies. 🙂

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