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Valued Member
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i got it from a dealer
he sad that it was copper color, but I wanted to check.
if it was copper, it would way more, right?
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Valued Member
United States
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Copper color, not copper.
Every once in awhile I get a coin that is colored, red, yellow, green,. copper.
I agree with bugmanmiller, environtal damage.
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
NEWS-
i just wade the copper colored dime, it wades more then a regular dime.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
odd. the cent planchet would be bigger. Based on the rims, I would believe no nickel plating, but your weight result is odd.
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Valued Member
United States
296 Posts |
What is the actual weight you got? How did you weigh it?  |
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
i used a scale.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Phew! We thought you mite have wade it on a skale.  Any chance it was plated since it weighs more? (And  ) |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't see any reason it would weigh more because a Lincoln Cent planchet would be larger than a dime planchet and I don't see any evidence of this planchet being bigger. So it weighing more leads me to follow the plated with copper theory because if it was missing the clad layer it would be lighter, not heavier |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What is the actual weight you got? If you used a scale,what was the weight |
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Valued Member
United States
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i used a scale. I kinda figured that much. But I can't be sure. You said you "wade" it... What kind of scale? Was it a cheap scale that measures in .2 gram increments? Did you take it out of the 2x2? You said it "wades" more than a regular dime, well how much more? How much does it weigh? |
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Valued Member
United States
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i took it out of the 2x2, and it was my dad's SUPER cheap scale.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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And we still ask "what did it weigh?" You say it weighed more than a dime. How much more? .1 grams? .2 grams? 10 grams?  It looks like discoloration from environmental exposure. Edited by Conder101
06/29/2011 12:18 pm
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
sorry.
about 4 grams ( 3,4)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Are you sure that's right? That would be significantly heavier than a penny. Can you weight some other dimes to compare it to?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To weigh that much it would have to be SIGNIFICANTLY thicker than a dime. I still think the color is from environmental damage, but I might be able to explain the high weight. In 1970 there were some dime and quarter errors made by punching dime blanks out of quarter thickness stock and quarters from dime thickness stock. (I don't remember if this happened in Philadelphia or Denver but I think it was Denver.) But even that wouldn't completely explain the weight because a dime struck on quarter stock would weigh between 3.1 and 3.1 grams. So to weigh between 3.4 and 4 grams this dime would have to be thicker than a quarter. Did some more calculations and a dime on half dollar thickness stock would do it. If it isn't as thick as a half dollar I would pretty much guarantee your scale is off.
Edited by Conder101
07/01/2011 11:01 am
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