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Edited by Tee
11/16/2019 10:06 am
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One type was minted in Ottawa and the other in Philadelphia. Yes I know that but my ? is, "was the silver 1968 minted in both places" The pic above shows 2 silver 1968 and it looks like one is from Ottawa and the other Philly. |
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It might be possible they shipped several silver dime planchets to the other mint by accident. It happens sometimes there have several reports of silver coins of years where they are not supposed to be silver.
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Thanks Hunter it could have happened that way, I have 6 silver 1968 dimes with a flat groove.
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Edited by Smallcentguy
11/22/2019 11:41 am
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I forgot about that thread.
But we still don't have a definite answer.
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I have been told several times by "experts" that Philadelphia did not mint silver dimes for 1968. I also have a 1968 dime with flat grooves on the reeded edge but no one seems to believe me that it is silver. They all say I must be wrong.  Both dimes are silver and 1968 |
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They all say I must be wrong. Weights of the coins would prove it. Very interesting. I knew of the different grooves, but had always thought they were just clad also. Edited by Earle42
08/11/2020 9:29 pm
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I'm in the same boat on this one, this looks like the reeding from philadelphia, but it is a silver. 2.32 grames. As there does not seem to be a definitive answer on this. Thoughts? I included shots of the reeding in two different locations.     |
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It would seem some silver made it to Philly. Philly would have set the strike pressure for a nickel planchet. Would that affect the strike on a silver coin? purelywasted, I see a raised rim from 8:00 to 2:00 clockwise on your dimes obverse. Could that be from the extra pressure, or just a little MAD?
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I would think a silver one worthy of an official coin magazine article.
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Well for the Silver dime V grove Ottawa I have 15, for the Silver Philly Flat grove I have 8
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I believe there was an article in Canadian Coin News at some point in the distant past.
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I think there could be an issue with the original statement about the difference between Ottawa and Philadelphia 1968 10 cents. I have seen 1966 silver 10 cent with flat-bottom grooves and I have 1968 nickel 10c with flat grooves in plio-film which were all made in Ottawa. Also, 1968 10c mintages by RCM and by Philadelphia mint are about the same, but coins with v-shaped grooves are much more common. That indicates that both mints have used flat-bottom collars. Maybe Phily 10 cents do have flat-bottom grooves, but it does not mean that Ottawa did not use the same type of collar. One article was telling that Phily mint had used US dime collars, but I believe it is a mistake. US dime collars are quite different with the number of the reeds and their shape. |
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