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The rim looks to be raised high than normal. Is this coin thicker than other dimes?
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Forum Dad
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I don't know how to reply individually, so please forgive me...
@spence: it's the same size as a normal dime, so I'm not so sure it's been mechanically altered. I can send you more detailed pictures via email in higher resolution if you would like, just let me know.
@dallywhopper: it has squared edges like a blank planchet,no bevel. One edge has faint ridges like it was misaligned when it went thru the die that stamps the ridges.
@dearborn: No, it's the same thickness as a normal dime according to my micrometer.
Thank you to everyone for your replies. If there is a better way to respond, please let me know.
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@bobby131313 No, not really. A Dryer Coin wouldn't be the same diameter as a regular dime. 0.0545" on a micrometer |
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Forum Dad
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Exactly CoinFrog, to me it's a no brainer, I'd waste about 3 seconds on it and spend it. That's exactly how they all start. The reeds on the copper go first because the copper is much softer than the clad. The clad reeds were just starting to go when it was rescued.
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New Member
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@coinfrog a deformation would change the diameter by about 6/1000ths if it was damaged enough to completely flatten the rim
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Forum Dad
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Hey if you think you have an error, send it off to PCGS. Quote:
but it is clearly visible where it went through the machine but wasn't aligned correctly Copper wore down faster than the clad in the dryer since it's much softer, that's all. |
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@bobby131313 do you have an address to send it to? I clicked your link, but it just took me to an ebay page |
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Forum Dad
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@bobby131313 thanks but did you read my first reply at all? Don't say you did because I know you didn't, so I will pretend I'm talking to one of my children and repeat myself... IF there was any mechanical deformation, the diameter would decrease as the ridges are +/-0.0065". Since the diameter is within 0.00005" the same as a standard dime as indicated by my Starett micrometer, there can not be any deformation nor can there be any material missing.
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Forum Dad
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Please watch your tone, we don't act like that here. Dryer Coins don't have material missing. They get stuck in the fins and only the edges get banged around. The copper reeds are the first to get flattened, then the clad gets flattened. The rim gets constantly flattened and widened, no material is lost even in long term Dryer Coins. Your measurements for the diameter are all are within tolerance so I don't get the point of arguing it. If the coin was on the high side of tolerance and now its on the low side, the diameter got smaller. You came here to ask if it's an error. So you obviously weren't sure. But now you seem sure it is and your mind's made up, so send it in. |
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@bobby131313 I apologize and I reckon you have seen a coin or two. Upon further inspection with 50x magnification the flattened ridges become visible. I'm just the type of person that doesn't pass judgement until I have dotted my i's and crossed my t's.
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Forum Dad
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Pillar of the Community
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As others have said, this dime was altered after it left the Mint. It was rolled and squeezed in the horizontal plane in a motor-driven or hand-cranked device. I see alterations like this all the time.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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