Coin Shrinking?

Did you ever heard of Coin Shrinking?




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What a novelty. I know that here in the USA you can get shrunken banknotes. I have thought of getting some cheap polymers to see if you can shrink a polymer note. (Shrinky dink)

Have seen a video years ago, I hink it's done with short high power magnetic fields to crush or pull the coins towards the center.

Citeer: "Idolenz"​Have seen a video years ago, I hink it's done with short high power magnetic fields to crush or pull the coins towards the center.

​Yes, I seen some slow motion footage of shrinking, but it is very very fast.

Why would any serious collector want a shrunken coin.

I think there was a thread about that here.

Shrinking state quarters is fun, but they should be prosecuted for doing this to Morgans and Walking liberties
Also who'd want to shrink gold

Citeer: "BryanJ"​
​ they should be prosecuted for doing this to Morgans and Walking liberties

​I agree!

well, that's just another way to destroy a coin...

I never heard about this coin destroying nonsens thing before.
What will somebody gain by such a disgusting, or even blasfemic, action?
Yvon

Totally agree with you Yvon. And as JWDiaz says which serious collector (or even anyone else) would buy such nonsense? As a collector, my heart bleeds to see destroying Morgans, Walking Liberties and all the other coins too. And BryanJ, I know there are more than enough State Quarters but I really don't see the "fun" in it to destroy them like that. And see the fun in destroying one coin but wanting to prosecute them for destroying another seems very contradictory to me.
But if you succeed to prosecute them, I have a very nice punishment: let them shrink ALL the Chinese fakes!

Citeer: "Essor Prof"And BryanJ, I know there are more than enough State Quarters but I really don't see the "fun" in it to destroy them like that. And see the fun in destroying one coin but wanting to prosecute them for destroying another seems very contradictory to me.

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Fun might not be the appropriate word but as a scientific process I think it's really interesting. I mean, who'd have thought you can shrink something as solid as metal in a split second, if you don't see it done?

As for the contradiction: one series of types is made of copper, is designed so people collect it, some types are minted at more than a billion copies, and the oldest ones are less than 2 decades old. The other type was made of silver, was made for circulation, and the oldest ones circulated during the first World war.

Citeer: "BryanJ"​Fun might not be the appropriate word but as a scientific process I think it's really interesting. I mean, who'd have thought you can shrink something as solid as metal in a split second, if you don't see it done?

​Yes, "fun" is certainly not the appropriate word but I have to agree with you it's a really interesting scientific process and I 'd never have thought something like this could be possible either. But as a collector it's sad to see these coins be destroyed, certainly the old, silver and gold ones.

It is intresting indeed, but why not try it with just some small piece of steel or brass cutted from a bar or maybe
with small carparts. And wat is the scientific explanation of this proces? And how to use it on some
industrial scale to make profit? To use it on coins is still nonsens to me.
Yvon

Citeer: "BryanJ"​
​ I think there was a thread about that here.
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​ Shrinking state quarters is fun, but they should be prosecuted for doing this to Morgans and Walking liberties
​Also who'd want to shrink gold

https://en.numista.com/forum/topic27997.html ​