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So I was working my shift today at the market, and picked up a new roll of dimes, and out of force of habit I had to check for silver. As soon as I picked up the roll I could tell that the roll end was a silver dime, it had the faded matte look to it. I unwrapped the roll and sure enough there was a white edge to it. I went to check the date of my $1 gain, but it read out 1966. I was sure I misread it, but looking at it now under light, I'm absolutely sure it says 1966. I thought for sure there must be a mistake and I found a circ proof or and odd year for an sms to be silver. But nope, there were no silver dimes made in 1966 as far as I can tell.
Ill have pictures in a few minutes, but I'm not sure if I can grab a weight. For now, does anyone have any idea if there were any silver dime size planchets used by the US during 1966?
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Edited by Adam_E
03/06/2016 9:07 pm
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Can you weigh the dime? You could be sitting on a rather valuable piece.
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I'm doing my best to find a scale around here, ill be back in about 45 mins
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Hmm is that from the picture you took or is the coin itself real grainy?
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 Looks promising. Also, I'm jealous that you drive a Datsun Z. What year? I've been looking to buy one and restore for a while now. My favorite :D Edited by BlueSolo
03/06/2016 10:23 pm
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Nope, the grain is from the photo, the actual coin looks like the standard silver dime, but looks a bit glossy under sirect light, I'm kind of leaning towards plated based off of that.
And its a 77 bluesolo, my daily/resto project. Had to slip it in there :P
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Very interesting that I just read an article on PCGS by ken potter that said silver dimes were still being struck in '65 and '66 but of course bearing the 1964 date-guess to use up the leftover silver planchets? Then that error is very possible if true-hope it's legit for you good luck!
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