There Are No 1995-D Silver Roosevelt Dimes, Are There?

[Natman]

Hi all,

After digging up close to 2,000 clad Roosevelts over the years, I always knew what I had until today. I dug up this strange looking dime today in a church field..As soon as I dug it up I knew there was something really different about it..the patina is unusual and it seems way too shiney to be a normal dime, but doesn't have the "white" look of older silver dimes I've found. I also can't find any trace of copper coloring on its edge.

I thought it might be a silver proof, but the only silver Rosies that I know of are the 1995-S variety, and they're only available in proof sets.

My red book of coin values has no mention of a silver 1995-D Roosevelt dime. If anyone has any info on this strange looking dime, please let me know! Thanks in advance.

Nat

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Not that I've heard of. That's why they only do the silver at San Francisco - so it can't accidently happen.

You'd have to weigh it on a very sensitive electronic scale to find out. The laminates often smudge out when pressed/rimmed and you can't see they are clad.

 

[twister]

nice find

hh twister

 

[Shortround]

Wierd! Nice find! I agree with the above post, weigh it to make sure.

 

[Kas]

They do mint silver uncirculated sets. As far as where they mint the silver sets I don't know.

HH
Ken

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wc...ctId=13708&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=10211

 

[BobinSouthVA]

don't know too much yet here. but check this thread out.

http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,68945.0.html

 

[9volt]

maybe someone silver electroplated it... i have heard of this being done before

 

[rhedden]

99% chance it's plated with electroless nickel, and is therefore not a mint error. Dimes struck on foreign planchets would be worth a premium, but it is probably not one, unfortunately.

 

[northeast hunter]

I do know a little about error coins but i can not tell you what you have you would have to have it graded
But i do do know that sometimes the mint will get a bad alloy mix in some sheets and this could be what happend the value is not much maybe $5

 

[Natman]

Thank you all! This place is really a wealth of information.

What was weird is that even the dimes I found just inside the grass weren't as bright as this one, which was buried. It really stands out among any other dime I've found.

Because it's so unusual I'm going to keep it with my collection of "treasure coins".

Nat

 

[northeast hunter]

Also i know it sounds funny but i could be counterfeit just take a look at this quarter the top one is a counterfit it has no copper at all..Pepole do make counterfeit clad...

 

[Sheldius]

Be sure to follow up on the other thread that was listed earlier. That guy found a 1992 D like yours and traded it for a DFX metal detector. And someone said the coin was probably worth $1500.

You should have it checked into (weight/volume) to see if it is silver. And/or take it to a coin shop.

 

[Sheldius]

Found this on the web and thought it might help:

http://www.coinsite.com/content/cdanswers/cdarchive35.asp

Question: I have what looks like a silver dime. It was made in 1986, but instead of having a letter symbol of where it was made it has what looks like a js, it's very hard to tell it's so small. I was wondering how much it would be worth.

There were no silver dimes struck in 1986. All dimes after 1964 are struck in a copper-nickel clad construction of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to a pure copper core. Though it is unlikely that your dime was struck on a silver planchet, you can check the weight of your coin to determine if it is a silver dime or is really a standard copper-nickel dime. Pre-1965 dimes, 90% silver, weigh 2.5 grams. Clad dimes, from 1965 to present weigh 2.27 grams.

The initials "JS" (John R. Sinnock), the designer of the Roosevelt dime, appears at the truncation of the neck on all Roosevelt dimes.