Electromagnetically Shrunken Quarters

[DuckTales253]

Here is what happens when you zap a quarter with 6,000 volts at 100,000 amperes. In less than 1/100th of a second, your coin increases in value 100x !

Electromagnetically Shrunken Quarters at ThinkGeek

[Copper Catcher]

I wonder if ANAC or PCGS would certify the coin as real?

[Rob72830]

I wonder if you zapped an Ike dollar would you get a SBA?

[SilverEye]

That's a clad quarter. Could this be done with a silver quarter? I wonder if it has to have a copper core to work.

[JadeDragon]

I've seen all kinds of coins shrunk like this. Different metals shrink by different %ages. It's pretty cool.

[deacon]

I wonder if ANAC or PCGS would certify the coin as real?

1997 Clad Quarter Genuine, Improperly Shrunk

[barrytrot]

Improperly Shrunk

Classic!

[JadeDragon]

http://www.capturedlightning.com/frames ... llery.html lots of very cool photos of various shrunken coins.

[uthminsta]

That's a clad quarter. Could this be done with a silver quarter? I wonder if it has to have a copper core to work.

In a video I just watched, one of the guys says the COILS used for this process turn into "copper vapor and slag." I don't know if that means it also vaporizes the copper in the coin, but would that make sense??? The coin is still whitish, which would be the nickel content without the copper.
What do the resultant coins weigh, in proportion to their un-shrunk counterparts?

[wheatie_fan]

I have one of these quarters. I don't have pictures but if I dig it out I can take some. I also have a lichtenberg figure from the same mad scientist that JD linked a website of. Side note, it also has some interesting videos of high voltage electrical accidents, fires, explosions, etc. . .

The coils vaporize. The quarter shrinks in diameter but becomes thicker. The mass remains the same. Different alloys respond differently, and I'm pretty sure it's all mentioned at the website.

-wheatiefan