1968 Roosevelt Dime. . . What Happened?

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RollNinja New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 01:34 am I found this while CRH and thought it may have missed a few steps at the mint. Any ideas? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 01:35 am Looks like it took an acid bath. PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
RollNinja New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 01:46 am Interesting. That would remove the top layer exposing only the copper? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 02:01 am If the right acid were used. Some types remove just the copper, and others remove the silver. Which one, I don't know. But they have been doing this for years now, mainly on cents to reduce them to dime size to use in vending machines. Back in the 50-60's they would take a cent and make it dime sized and then get a soda for ten cents. On the 7oz bottles you could get one for 7 cents. Then you would get Three Cents back in change and you had money to make more "Pop Money." Report this Post to the Staff
RollNinja New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 02/14/2014 02:09 am Very clever, thanks for the info! Report this Post to the Staff
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