Very Strange 1971 D Dime - Coin Community Forum

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Sidepocket New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/24/2014 11:36 pm Found with metal detector. Weight = .8 grams Last photo comparing regular dime to this one in thickness. Edited by Sidepocket 12/24/2014 11:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 12:05 am looks like the inner core of copper is missing the cladding Report this Post to the Staff
Sidepocket New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 12:09 am I couldn't find anything on it. Not a common mistake I take it? Just seal it up and keep it I guess Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 12:15 am I would keep it, if only for the strangeness. Since it was found with a metal detector, that must be environmental damage taken to an extreme. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 01:19 am The dime was acid dipped removing the cladding and reducing the size of the coin. Just PSD Report this Post to the Staff
Sidepocket New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 01:56 am How can you tell it was acid dipped? Couldn't be because it was in the ground for sometime? What would be the point of doing that? Edited by Sidepocket 12/25/2014 01:57 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 08:25 am Not to go against coop but to me it looks like environmental damage from being buried in acidic soil. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 08:50 am Coop is still right. Why does acid have to be liquid? It has to be acid-etched; that's the only thing which will reduce a coin so evenly. Acidic soil does the same thing, for the same chemical reasons, as acid. Just took longer. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/25/2014 10:00 am Note the rim area is almost gone. The devices are closer to the rim. A sure sign of being affected by acid. Report this Post to the Staff
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