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Copper Dime?

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 Posted 03/11/2013  01:25 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add KimHalter to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I found this and it looks like a copper dime? 1986 D
Can anyone tell me anything about it?
Thanks!
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 Posted 03/11/2013  01:40 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sel_69l to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Two possible reasons:
The blank never made it through the cladding process.
Sometimes, a copper nickel coin can discolour like this, depending on the environment it has been in.

How much does it weigh?
That should give you a clue as to whether it has been clad or not.

I don't think it is a penny planchet, or rim damage would have resulted during the striking process.
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By far the most common cause for such discolouration is that the coin was buried for a while.
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I will have to get it checked out. I found this in a large jar of pennies my father collected...could that have effected the color?

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