Circulation wear on Ike or "enhanced"?

Davideo

So unfortunately I don't have the best pics, but what are your opinions of this Ike dollar. My thought was that the wear seemed unnatural like someone took it to a belt sander or something. I don't really see worn Eisenhower's so I wanted to check. Thoughts?

mrpotatoheadd

Doesn't look like any circulation wear I've ever seen.

braddick

Rock tumbler.
The beveled edges are the 'tell'.

fc

What do slot machine coins look like?

cladking

It looks like someone took the rims off. All it needs is about twice as much "good"wear and it should look natural.

Davideo

Thanks guys for confirming my suspicion. Interesting to hear rock tumbler.

dcarr

<< <i>Rock tumbler.
The beveled edges are the 'tell'. >>



No, I don't think so.

I have a rock tumbler. I used it once to "circulate" some new tokens I just minted.

They come out all beat to hell - like they spent a year in a most violent casino.

Smooth wear like that doesn't come from a rock tumbler, in my experience.

WoodenJefferson

Well now, hard to say exactly what happened to acquire those features, we've had explanations in the past from being stuck in a commercial dryer to tumbled. The slot machine wear hammers the reeded edges, so that's out. I'd buy some sort of machine damage, but what?

lasvegasteddy

<< <i>Doesn't look like any circulation wear I've ever seen. >>


in this crowd too...

TomB

Coins that spend considerable time going through slot machines have the reeding on the edge banged down and removed from the repetitive hits to the edges. This coin appears to have sharp reeds. I think this was intentionally worn down to make it appear like a PO1 or something similar.

messydesk

A little critical thinking might come in handy here. How many clad coins have you seen that actually circulate that have anywhere near this much wear, even going back another 10 years? Of course this coin was helped along! The rims were ground down a bit and the obverse seems to have been worn more than the reverse. Look at all the detail still on the bell and moon.

CaptHenway

Could possibly be a pocket piece. It's old enough to have gotten this much wear if carried continually.

braddick

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<< <i>Rock tumbler.
The beveled edges are the 'tell'. >>



No, I don't think so.

I have a rock tumbler. I used it once to "circulate" some new tokens I just minted.

They come out all beat to hell - like they spent a year in a most violent casino.

Smooth wear like that doesn't come from a rock tumbler, in my experience. >>


I've had this exact experience with a rock tumbler. The Ikes and various coins tumble and spin in the device and cause them to rub up against the hard rubber inside- wearing the coin as seen
with the OP's Ike. The 'dirty' surfaces are also caused, I speculate by the coin dust that accumulates within the cylinder.

The OP's Ike is looks exactly like the Ikes I practiced with in a rock tumbler, and based on my first hand experience, made the post and response I did.
Perhaps Daniel's 'mistake' was adding too many coins within the tumbler. I would place only one, sometimes two or three, in at at time so as not to get those thousands of micro hits that otherwise occur.

I also experimented with placing various polishing agents and forgetting exactly which one, also caused the dirty surfaces seen in the Ike shown above.

braddick

To add:
There are the more professional, expensive tumblers that vibrate up and down that I suppose with the right materials placed with the coin would give a more authentic wear pattern.
I just never got that committed to experimenting to want to try that out.

ricko

The key to the tumbler result is a fine media and only one coin.... Cheers, RickO

pocketpiececommems

Check out the IKE pics in the #1 Lowball Registry set. Pocketpieces don't wear like your pic.

19Lyds

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<< <i>Rock tumbler.
The beveled edges are the 'tell'. >>



No, I don't think so.

I have a rock tumbler. I used it once to "circulate" some new tokens I just minted.

They come out all beat to hell - like they spent a year in a most violent casino.

Smooth wear like that doesn't come from a rock tumbler, in my experience. >>

Mine either. Before wear like that can occur the rims need to go bye bye. For the OP's coin, I would have expected more wear on the reverse but until I could see the coin in hand, I really do not know for sure.

DennisH

Enhanced.

19Lyds

After relooking at the OP's photo's, I have to agree that the rims were purposely filed down and then possibly a rock tumbler. It's just too "thin" on the motto side.

grip

Maybe caught in the washing machine?

LindeDad

One coin, cup of Walnut Hulls, and cup of fine silt, in that tumbler for about a week I'd say.

fivecents

Heres my PCGS AG03.

Mizzou

Just got back home and checking some old threads to see what I missed out on. As Charles Barkley would say ("I may be wrong but") those Ike's look just like the one's that my parents brought back from Las Vegas forty years ago. I think my father may still have them somewhere.