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I have a Roosevelt 2005 D dime that is missing clad layers on both sides and on the edge of the coin Image:  DSC02968.jpg67.23 KB Image: DSC02969.jpg74.91 KB Image: DSC02964.jpg34.06 KB Image: DSC02966.jpg68.81 KB Image: DSC02967.jpg66.96 KB. I found it among the pennies in my pocket but it was extremely dirty and dark, with an unusually dark copper color. I used a mild silver polish on it but that did not change the color. I then used a mild copper polish on it showed all the copper parts well. I was very careful not to polish hard or scrub any of it. I know that polishing coins is a no-no, but I did it any how. The face of the coin has some silver color however it is mostly copper all around the head. The reverse side of the coin is 95% copper in color except for a small silver area where the word America is stamped. The edge of the coin is copper colored all the way around. I have attached some pictures of it. The coin on the left in two of the pictures is a regular coin just to show the color comparison. My question: is this very valuable and if so, how much might it be worth? Where would you recommend I sell it, if not on ebay? Thank you.
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Bedrock of the Community
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One step to determining if it is genuine or not is to get an accurate weight on a scale that weighs to the nearest 0.01g. A normal dime should weigh 2.27g. If it is genuine, using metal polishes on it probably killed most of the value.
Another possibility is that you have a coin on a sintered planchet. Planchets of all coins are annealed, or softened with heat, so that they are easier to strike. They are heated in a rotating drum device and some metal dust can be left over from other coins. That dust, in this case copper, can adhere to the coin through the heating action creating a dark or coppery appearance. Metal polishes would destroy the value of this type as well since the adhered dust layer would be very thin and any polishing action would remove some of it.
Edited by biokemist6
01/10/2008 3:27 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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These are just dimes that were stained somehow. I often find that the ones fished out of the fountains at shopping malls look like the one with the various colors.
Often being buried and found by a metal detectorist, coins can have unusual coloring.
The layers are there.
Edited by foundinrolls
01/12/2008 5:55 pm
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1.someone may have left it in a dip overnight?
2.car dash were coke cola was slipped on it
3. Real Thing!!
I have only seen a few in 40+ years of collecting Dimes
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Pillar of the Community
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Not only all that, but if were the real thing, the polish you used on it completely ruined any value it would ever have. DO NOT POLISH COINS! Not even with soft stuff...leave them alone unless you really know what you're doing.
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Thank you all, for the information. I'm not a coin collector and so when I saw the dark coin, I just thought it was dirty. In the future I won't polish any kind of coin. Thanks for that information. I really cant tell if it is was stained or if the silver clad layer was left off. A mystery. I guess I'll keep it for the time being.
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? Did U dipped in polish and just wash it with water? or did scrub it after dipping?
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Pillar of the Community
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Still No mystery, just discolored coins.
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