Coin shrinking coil, fragmented. 
This is what's left of the copper coil used to magnetically shrink a coin (see above).  I got it during the photo shoot for the article I wrote about coin shrinking for my monthly Popular Science column.   
Source: Bert Hickman 
Contributor: Theodore Gray 
Acquired: 17 July, 2003 
Price: Donated 
Size: 2" 
Purity: >95% 
Sample Group: Coins
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