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Valued Member
United States
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I have a 1985-D dime,on both sides has the frost cameo finish that you find on proof coins has any body come across other coins like this.
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Valued Member
United States
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Can you post pics of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've never seen anything quite like it but have seen cameo like clads.
I have to suspect it was altered by sandblasting.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Valued Member
 United States
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This one has not been altered I will try to post a pic my son isn't home and he is the one that does the pics for me,i am great with coins but poor with technology.
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Valued Member
United States
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Moderator
 United States
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I don't see any cameo finish. For a cameo, the backgrounds should be mirror like. Sorry to say, but that's just a normal circulated dime.  |
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
The whole coin has a frost look I only have 4 mag on my phone doesn't take the best of pics
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
I have never seen one have a frost look they are always polished and slick
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Valued Member
United States
252 Posts |
The surface is smooth to the touch but I am not sure how to explain how the surface looks to me like a matte maybe like the other person said sandblasted look with a frost color but it couldn't have been sandblasted or maybe like a satin finish except they didn't do that in 1985 but hopefully I will figure it out I just love finding weird coins like I have an uncirculated 2005 nickel in an unopened set that has no polish.
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Panama
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United States
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Only the dies that made the proof sets were overly polished. Dies for normal business strikes were not polished, they were cleaned, and sometimes sanded to remove defects. These are considered cameos:  |
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Valued Member
United States
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I know what a cameo is I was just using the wording to explain how it looks in color,cameo has a frost look I have around 20 or more proof sets,i am just trying to figure out what happened to a business strike die to give the coin that type of look
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Valued Member
United States
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From the edge of the coin it looks like the die might have been worn.so if they sanded it to try and get some more strikes out of it that might be why the surface looks like it does but what would cause the frost looking color.i can only explain because the pics aren't showing what I see,you can see a little on the reverse at the bottom where it has some toning but still not a good pic
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United States
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My only guess would be that the coin is worn from circulation.
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Posted 01/29/2016 10:19 pm
