What is counting wheel damage?

sinin1

I occasionally see a coin that ANACS net graded because of counting wheel damage -

So what is it, what does it look like, when does it occur, is it usually found in a certain location?

danglen

The mint send bulk coins by weight to private contractor counting houses to have the coins counted and wrapped for delivery to the Federal Reserve Banks. Sometimes coins are damaged in the process by the counting machines. Usually, it appears on the coin as a scratch mark from one side to the other, and sometimes you have parallel scratches as well. Other types of mechanically produced aberrations are also encountered from time to time, but the most common are the scratches I just mentioned.

Barry

It's a mechanized coin counter that can leave a circular scratch on a coin. It just so happens I saw one on Ebay today. link

DHeath

Sometimes they are circular, and just inside the rim too. They are about 1/8th inch toward the center.

ccr

If I understand the term " counting wheel damage " correctly, it`s an electric or hand cranked coin sorter like what you may see at a bank. Commonly it`s a distinct ring that parallels the rim and not necessarily in a set place. In the pictures below, a ding is in the hair that could be considered as counting wheel damage. It`s speculative but, it`s a possibility.

presleyh

If you get a bunch of rolls of Kennedy halves, I think the ones with an almost smooth edge have been through counting machines a thousand times. My guess is in a casino or something. Its odd looking to see the reeding gone from a 10 year old coin.

wayneherndon

Actually, the circular scratches are caused by wrapping machines. See the hook in the picture below. The rolled up crimped ends on a coin roll are made with these hooks. There's one on each end of the roll and they gradually move into the center, causing the paper to roll up. They can be adjusted. If they are too wide, the roll with be loose. If they are too close, the end of the hook will cut into the coins on the end of the roll.

WH

CLASSICS

its when a coin goes thru a counting machine, and it leaves a scrap or rub along the inside of the rim of a coin.