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Need Help Identifying What Possibly Could Have Happen To This Dime

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 Posted 07/12/2017  5:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mistercoin to your friends list
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 Posted 07/12/2017  6:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crazyb0 to your friends list
Yep, grind marks, Thank Mike Diamond, hit another one on the head!

Little Johnnie in the garage with Daddy's Rotary Dremel!
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 Posted 07/12/2017  6:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mistercoin to your friends list
The dime weights 2.1 grams and a normal one weights 2.2 on the same scale and as for the thickness here is a pic

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 Posted 07/12/2017  6:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list
Not doubting, but just trying to learn... If the rev of the OP's coin had been sanded or ground down, wouldn't the rim be completely flat too? It kinda looks to me like the rev rim is somewhat intact.
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The rim is fully intact just sayin
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 Posted 07/12/2017  6:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Mistercoin to your friends list
On the Rev side that is sorry
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 Posted 07/12/2017  7:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list
The abrasion marks and exposure of the copper core leave no doubt that the reverse was effaced.
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 Posted 07/12/2017  8:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list

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If the rev of the OP's coin had been sanded or ground down, wouldn't the rim be completely flat too?


Yes -- IF a big grinder was used.

No -- If a little grinder was used -- like a dental tool or a jeweler's tool.

My guess is that someone was practicing with a tiny jeweler's tool.
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Like Buddy Said, small grinding tool DREMEL Rotary grinding head

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Areas to note on OP coin (YELLOW) seems a flattened edge like held in vise (BLUE) line where apparent bend beginning(see side view of bulging obverse) (RED) not all cladding removed, see definite division markings of grind
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 Posted 07/13/2017  4:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list
Ok thx @buddy and @crazyb0. Clearly someone with lots of time on their hands.
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 Posted 07/13/2017  4:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Yep, just defaced.



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 Posted 07/14/2017  12:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list
Another possibility for removing the rev while leaving the rim is to put it in a lathe and then "carve" out the center area.
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Condor101: that is Exactly what happened to this (I know, my Uncle worked in a Tool & Die place, and make all sorts of marvelous things)
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Thank you all of you for helping me find out what happened
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 Posted 07/17/2017  01:29 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Crazyb0 to your friends list
Mister coin, you're welcome. We may not have the exact answer of how it was accomplished, but we're usually close, especially on deface coins and not mint errors!

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