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Canada
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 Hi Thanks for Taking a Peek at my Post! I Need Help Identifying This Dime. It seems that it was Struck on A Copper Plate.. However It Never Got its Nickel Coating. I Do not have a 0.000 Scale but... All U.S Dimes Minted in 1965 To Date Should weight 2.27g (Grams).. "2.268 to be Exact" And 1964 and Older Should weight 2.5g (Grams). " On my scale " - The 1965 bronze weighed in 2.1g -=-10 out of 10 times-=- I weighed 2 other us dimes, 1967 and 1974 Both weighed in 2.2 -=-10 out of 10 times-=- Il try to find out the EXACT weight tommorow.  The Next Picture.. on the right is a Regular Average Everyday Pocket change find 1974-D & On the Left you Have The Brownie Penny :)  The Next Picture is the same 1974- to the right and Brownie to the left. (This picture Shows the Rims of the coins to Compare Eachother)  ( I Rotated the coin About 90 Degrees and took another rim shot ) The Entire coin Including Rim is Bronze.  Thanks For Viewing! If you have Any Comments Or More Information About this coin, Please Comment! Have a Good one! 
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Valued Member
 Canada
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Oh Stupid me... Just Realized I Forgot The Reverse side Pic... I Blame Excitement... The 1974-D Looks To Have Some Sort of Error, is it a Die Crack? ( ANY INFO ON THE 1974-D IN THE PIC BELOW WOULD BE HELPFULL ) I noticed it when I was cropping the picture for the Bronze Dime.  Is it even an error? :o Here is the pic.  |
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 United States
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The '74 has a nice die clash on the reverse. I don't want to rain on your parade but the '65 looks more like environmental damage to me then a missing clad layer. I am no pro though. John1  |
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Canada
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Hey John, I had a Feeling You would be The First to help lol Anyways .. By environmental Damage do you mean it was Burnt? Or Just Very Dirty? Be a Little more specific please?  *I Tried to clean with cutips, even with a few Pressure scrubs The Coin did not Change a Bit accept.. I could see it get worn VERY EASY! *I Had to "Try" to clean it, I mean... it did look dirty but Wasint* :P * The ENTIRE coin is brown, those glares in the pic are because of the light* EDIT: * New pics are up for what I believe is a 2000 Double Date* Edited by bpositive
07/17/2012 06:04 am
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Valued Member
Canada
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John Could you give me more information about die clashes? how to find some, what are small or big ones,are they worth collecting? ect.. a link would be great!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Environmental damage is from exposure to chemicals,acid,rain,etc...no premium.
In the future, do not attempt to clean coins, you'll ruin the value if you find anything collectible.
For clashes, try maddieclashes.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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Here you go to check the clash. Other coin is a normal dime. Seen many just like it in circulation. Weight etc. is right on.  |
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Valued Member
Canada
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Thanks for that Pic! Looks like a die clash to me haha lines match up like your pic, How much should I ebay this 1 for? :) |
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United States
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This post got my attention, after reading about a 1943 MS64 bronze penny that sold for 1.75 million in 2010. Unfortunately I agree that it doesn't appear bronze, just environmental damage. I've seen several rosies that look like that one. But, if it's a die clash then at least it still has some value! I hope the cleaning didn't do any obvious damage...
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Valued Member
Canada
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hi darek, the Die clash has not been cleaned, only the brown penny, I stopped after about 5 scrubs up and down.
the brown penny the print seemed to Fade away more n more with every stroke of the cuetip.
*I Dont think its environmental*
Environmental are caused by chemicals rain ect..
What should I look for if it is a Full clad missing its nickel plating? :) thanks for helping everyone!
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United States
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The coin is just discolored; I've seen 1000 like it. You can even see the silvery part peeking through at the high points.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What should I look for if it is a Full clad missing its nickel plating? Dimes are clad, not plated. Think of it like an Oreo cookie- the outer layers are cupronickel surrounding an inner core of pure copper. A coin missing a clad layer will be significantly light(under 2 grams) and you will also see the copper core. The following is a dime missing the obverse clad layer. Take notice of the coppery-brown obverse and weak details, especially the rims. The details are weak because a planchet missing a clad layer is thinner than normal so the coin cannot be fully struck.   yes, these photos were shamelessly ripped from a Fred Weinberg auction but since I just won said auction a few minutes ago, I thought they were fair game for me |
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John Could you give me more information about die clashes? Quote:
By environmental Damage do you mean it was Burnt? Or Just Very Dirty? Be a Little more specific please? Wow I leave the house for a couple hours and everyone already took my answers. A great bunch we are,right. John1 |
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first off it is a dime and not a penny. and second in your second picture you say the left coin is a brownie penny and yet you can see it is a 1964 silver dime.
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Posted 07/17/2012 05:41 am
