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Jul 31, 2012, 07:28 PM
#1
Unique dime? Cant figure out whats different about it!!
I have this dime I found in a collection of old coins and I'm trying to figure out what's different about it. Well first of all it was in a coin collection with rare old coins so why? And the material or something seems to be different and it's too young to be a silver dime (1988). Does anyone have any ideas of what it could be?
Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)
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Jul 31, 2012 07:28 PM
# ADS
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Jul 31, 2012, 07:32 PM
#2
Kathy, please provide a picture of both the obverse and reverse and I'm sure someone will be able to help you.
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Jul 31, 2012, 08:02 PM
#3
They made Silver proofs,
What's the mint mark??
"S" is Silver
Tim
Old, Fat, and Ugly. Not necessarily in that order 
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Aug 01, 2012, 05:27 AM
#4
 Originally Posted by doublet2a
They made Silver proofs,
What's the mint mark??
"S" is Silver
Tim
Not all "S" are silver, only the ones with a white edge are.
1/100 of an American dollar is a cent. It is NOT a penny. The word penny is used by several other countries, such as Great Britain, to denote their smallest denomination. In order to be numismatically correct, you must use the term cent to describe the American coin.
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
― Edmund Burke
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Aug 01, 2012, 06:23 AM
#5
Maybe an error coin.
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Aug 01, 2012, 04:46 PM
#6
It could be plated but we can only guess until we see pics
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Aug 01, 2012, 09:41 PM
#7
Ladies, don't you be toying with us.
We need some photos.
Of the coin.
Carl
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Aug 02, 2012, 04:23 AM
#8
Originally Posted by doublet2a
They made Silver proofs,
What's the mint mark??
"S" is Silver
Tim
No silver proofs were made in 1988, I believe it was 1992 when they were introduced.
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Aug 02, 2012, 07:21 AM
#9
Originally Posted by l.cutler
No silver proofs were made in 1988, I believe it was 1992 when they were introduced.
You are right sir.. My bad,, just looked it up in my Red Book. 1992 was the first year.
Now we definitely need a picture of this dime..
Tim
Old, Fat, and Ugly. Not necessarily in that order
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Aug 03, 2012, 09:55 PM
#10
Kathy,
Can you post a picture of your dime? There's not much anyone can do to help until we see it............HH
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin
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Aug 03, 2012, 11:03 PM
#11
Sorry guys thought I did post a pic! My dog is really sick so it took me a while to get back on her! Found out he's dying of kidney failure! :-( anyway sorry about the downer. It looks to me like a silver dime except like I said the year is off!!
Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)
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Aug 04, 2012, 12:26 PM
#12
 Jesus Freak !!!
Did they ever produce a steel dime, like they did the penny?
"And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If you ask anything in My name, I will do it"
John 14:13,14
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Aug 04, 2012, 12:37 PM
#13
I occasionally see clad coins with darker toning like that. Although I don't know what causes it, I don't think it's anything that will make it worth a premium. I throw them in a drawer as curiousities.
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Aug 04, 2012, 12:37 PM
#14
I don't think so! But I could be wrong I'm def no expert!
Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)
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Aug 04, 2012, 03:31 PM
#15
Educator
Use the edge of a sharp knifeblade to make a few shallow scrapes on the coin's side-grooves. If you then see copper, you know it's a nickel-clad coin, not a silver one.
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Aug 04, 2012, 06:03 PM
#16
Do you have a small digital scale? You could try weighing it to see if the weight corresponds with a silver vs. clad dime. 2.5 grams for silver and 2.268 for clad. Are the obverse and reverse rotated correctly at 180 degrees like they should be?
"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason so few engage in it." - Henry Ford
"The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." -George Orwell
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Aug 05, 2012, 09:18 AM
#17
Tarnished dime........Value......10 cents.
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Aug 05, 2012, 10:43 AM
#18
Dimes just a dime, Sorry to hear 'bout your dog. We just lost a Chauhauha that had been a member of our family for 15 yrs. Broke my wife's and my heart....prayers go to ya.
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin
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Aug 05, 2012, 12:44 PM
#19
could have been in a fire turning it black, more evidence of a fire would be a sort of puffiness of the coin because the fire would have started melting the copper inside the nickel clad, sort of deforming it.
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Aug 06, 2012, 07:14 PM
#20
Ok not to sound stupid but I don't know a lot about coins! What exactly is a clad coin?
Kathy (koolaidsmile) :-)
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