A different type of "AT"

DoctorPaper

Have been following the varoius AT threads here. Reminded me of a coin I've kept as a souvenir- a 74D quarter. In 1980, my then 5 year old daughter would, on occasion put coins in her mouth to "protect" them from her playmates. We certainly didn't encourage this and forbade her to do it, but she would sneak a coin into her mouth from time to time. One day, with a quarter in place, she managed to swallow it by mistake. It took about a week for that thing to make it through, but we found it (you can imagine how), and I've kept it for almost 25 years.
It was sort of rainbow colored when it first came out. Now it's just kind of dark. I thinks it's preferable to use the "egg" method we've been reading about to induce rapid AT in the other thread. Less messy.

lordmarcovan

Eeeeew.




But interesting, in a disgusting sorta way.

Rob790

If that isn't a "natural" way to tone a coin then nothing is! Funny story, good thing zinc pennies weren't around then- I'd hate to think what a highly reactive metal like zinc would do in a childs tummy.

magikbilly

Hi,
well....at least it wasn't in a slab!

Best,
Billy

Dog97

If that story is true that's the first babydookie toned coin I ever seen. Interesting.

Artist

I have a coin my grandmother willed me that according to family legend, took a similiar journey.

Decades ago, my late grandfather worked on oil rigs, and for a while he and my grandmother lived in Saudi Arabia, where they made several interesting friends. One of them told a story about digging a new road in central Iran, where the shovelers came upon a cache of ancients! The project was being closely supervised by government officials, who immediately ascended on the find, and confescated all the coins that had been collected by the workers. My grandmother's friend, however, managed to 'smuggle' a few coins anyway, of which he gave her one.

For what it's worth, the coin is a blast-white unc.

Rob790

Mostly unrelated, I saw a story about a very successful thief in England that on one of her first jobs, she swallowed 2 fistfulls of diamonds and the 'cleaned' them up after a couple of days. No telling where that diamond on a wedding band has been through!

Conder101

This thread reminds me of an old quack medication. There used to be a "medicine" caled an everlasting pill. It was made of Antimony and when you got sick you took it. A couple of days later you would recover it and then take it again. Repeating the process as needed until the medicine worked and you got better. And the real beauty of the everlasting pill was that a family only needed one of them! If someone else in the family got sick you just let them use your pill.

ss350camaro

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kryptonitecomics

This thread has the potential to get very messy.....no pun intended


As for the Blast White uncirulated coin that made it's what through the digestive track and then the Hersey highway......I'd say it was quite circulated by now

eyoung429

Totally glad that it wasn't "Whizzed".............that'd hurt

Russ

That is a GREAT story! I assume that after more than two decades it no longer stinks?

PS: I hope you tell the story at family gatherings.

Russ, NCNE

mgoodm3

Phase two of the study should be done with newer and rattler slabs. Open up!

XpipedreamR

Do you have any more kids? Maybe you could have them "play" with some silver coins, if you catch my drift

nwcs

So, have you embarassed her with her boyfriends using this coin????