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Got this 1978 dime in change recently. I haven't seen wear like this on a dime from this era (the 70's),180grams and thinner. The 1978 might be smaller in diameter not sure.Foreign planchet a possibility?       I,ve seen lots of the 74's like that but not the 1978. |
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I have a nickel that looks just like this, which I'm fairly sure is a Dryer Coin. The thing is, your dime shows fairly good reeding, which might mean that it's not. I don't collect dimes so I don't know what kind of abuse they can take which will show quite uniformly in some areas and not so much in others. That being said I think I'll lean toward it being a Dryer Coin, though. |
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Whats the weight and magnetism. I dont really see the spreading of the devices like a Dryer Coin, I was wondering if it was punched out on a thin or foreign planchet, not enough metal to raise the rim as it was struck in collar. Lets see what the experts say. |
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Alexer: 180 grams,magnetic Pennysaver: Generally dimes can get really beat up. (from this mintage) Nicks,cuts,gouges,lacerations long before this kind of wear.Like you said the reeding is kinda throwing me off also. I'm leaning toward foreign P but...?  Edited by Canacoins
03/16/2016 01:06 am
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You mean 1.80 gr..lol thats under weight by quite a bit. Can you give us more pics, if that dime really is a Dryer Coin then I can't see all the millions of tiny nicks it should have. |
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uumm ya  here ya go (lol) Not the best.     Think I agree with you Alexer,I can the marks you speak of. Edited by Canacoins
03/17/2016 12:47 am
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Oh yeah there they are..Pennysaver nailed it. But I wouldn't want to see you chuck a thin foreign planchet.
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Cannot say I disagree.No.I won't be ,taking to a local old timer(more than myself) I know who deals almost exclusively with foreign coins.He's gotta bucket full of European "low-ballers" Going to compare weight, height etc. Thank you both.  |
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There is nothing that light (1.8 grams) that would be magnetic in my database of RCM foreign struck planchets. Maybe just rolled stock that was rolled much too thin? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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" The game is afoot"
Thank you all .Lemme know if anything rolls along
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