silver dime with piece cut out of it

[Buckets]

I was wondering about this dime I found with a piece cut off .Did they cut money in the old days to share with one another ? I think they used to long ago with gold ,but Im not sure about silver .
I would enjoy reading and comments about this find .

 

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[Buckets]

dime

 

[jeff of pa]

They did it with Colonial Coppers, Large & Half Cents But not sure if they did it in the second half of the
1800's with anything.

They used to Skim Gold off of Gold Coins also
(Where the word "Skimming" came from I think)
the reason they started reeding the edges.

 

[Thomas007]

Hi Larry

Interesting that the dime is cut in the way that it is. Not like a piece of eight for the center of the dime is still totally there. Perhaps someone needed some silver for something and filed off some cause i really can't see any cut marks or edge bending from cutting.

Also interesting how the obverse figure remaining is fairly centered so maybe this coin was used in a display of some kind (like a jewelry box) and was pushed into a small groove in thin wood and the date area was removed from the coin so it would not show when lifting the cover.

Maybe that would make it a "Piece of Ten"

Nice find regardless

HH

sanat

 

[Mackaydon]

Yes, coins were cut into halves and quarters, but I've never seen one cut like this as a medium of exchange.

 

[lonesomebob]

My best bet is that someone somewhere needed to make silver front sights for a rifle or two. I have done it myself in my earlieer days. Bob

 

[justine093]

dumb question, but is the edge flat or grooved?

 

[dg39]

That is not a domination cut so probably someone just needed some silver or it was cut by accident.
DG

 

[Buckets]

I looked at it with my loupe .It is a nice neat cut there is a little angle on the inside of the cut .The coin lays perfectly flat though .It may have even been filed after being cut .