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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah. I was being facetious (A dubious or ill-timed attempt at wit or humor). I send my apology. Still, the original surface of the coin shows pretty clearly above the "T" in "UNITED."
Kevin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's either painted blue, blue sharpie, Enameled blue, plastic coated blue etc. What ever it is it was done after it left the mint. Spendable unless you just like it as a novelty. worth face value. ten cents
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New Member
 United States
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Also if it was painted would it weigh more? I got it at 2.3 grams
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New Member
United States
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We'll thanks for the opinion.
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Valued Member
United States
324 Posts |
There was an experiment at the mint where instead of hardened and polished steel dies, blued steel dies were tried out using a German process called "ersatz". As your coin can attest, the bluing came off on some coins. What you have is an ersatz error coin...LOL
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Agree, painted or enameled blue. The effect on weight would be negligible, just like plating.
Edited by Zurie
12/12/2020 11:30 am
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Pillar of the Community
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So that's where the Canadian Mint got the idea from!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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At the OP if he is still here. Soak it in acetone and most likely the blue paint will come off. You have come to the forum asking people who have been living, eating, drinking coin knowledge for years. Overwhelmingly these experienced people have suggested this is paint. Glad you are here asking, now try the acetone soak and see what happen.
If you want to (sorry it would be a waste of money), you can send it to one of the "professional" coin grading companies and pay them to tell you this is some sort of paint/stain/coloring on the coin's surface.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 acrylic paint/oil paint/ink/stain (you choose). It's all the same, it's PMD.  |
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Formerly nancyc
Australia
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What's up with blue dimes? Just curious, as you used the plural, Q1.how many do you have? Q2. Have both sides been coated? Quote:
It's either painted blue, blue sharpie, Enameled blue, plastic coated blue etc. What ever it is it was done after it left the mint. Spendable unless you just like it as a novelty. worth face value. ten cents life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved
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Valued Member
Canada
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Painting a coin by store owners was a common practice years ago.They used them in coin operated machines in there stores.When they cashed out ,they could retrieve their coin.
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New Member
United States
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I'll soak it and see what happens
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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Painted coins are also used as "tokens" in metal detecting planned/paid hunts. they are good to promote the hobby and let mewer detectorists get a feel for finding stuff.
I've participated in them and found some from previous years. (a different color)
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New Member
United States
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I stayed it in acetone were for over 10 min and didn't wash off. Thank you guys for the help
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