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I've been trying to find out how to tell if a coin is struck on the dime planchet from what I've been seeing on ebay and all these coins for sale there's not too much difference from a few coins that I have and I really like to know the best way to tell if a coin is struck on a dime planchet |
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 to the forum! Post some pictures of the coins in question and maybe we can help you out. |
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Weight would be the most important and easiest indicator.
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 Weight &  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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First, to the forum. This is a very common garage fake attempt to make an error coin. Most of these on ebay are very fake. A real mint error is what is known as a "Mint assisted error", a mint employee has to put a dime into the cent hopper for production. Most fakes show reversed images, one coin impressed upon another. Here is a true Dime being struck in a cent die press. Note the off centered striking, some dime detail is left and the actual impression of a cent is there also:  The fakes are usually done in this manner:  |
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Nice "Any Questions?" computer drawing Crazyb  |
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OP didn't say it was struck on a dime, but a dime planchet.
Still, pics are in order as well as weight of the coin(s) in question.
In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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A dime "planchet" can still be a 'mint assisted' error.
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Not to ruffle any feathers here but the production of a dual denomination coin such as the one pictured above does not necessitate mint employee assistance to come to be.
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A minting press can exert tons of pressure per square inch,
much more than a few pounds per square inch than with a hammer.
Even a well directed sledge hammer cannot do what a minting press is capable of, without heating the planchet.
I have tried. A sledge hammer rarely strikes exactly squarely.
Copper nickel is tough stuff; it has to be to withstand the rigors of circulation.
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A dime "planchet" can still be a 'mint assisted' error. True but a coin struck on a dime or dime planchet can also happen without any assistance. How to tell of a coin is struck on a dime planchet. The coin will be well struck and the image will not be reversed, the coin will be smaller in diameter than it should be, if it is a post 1964 coin the edge will show the normal three clad layers, the coin will weigh 2.27 grams +/- .09 grams. If it is a quarter, half, or dollar struck on a dime planchet it may or may not show some reeding on the edge depending on how close it was to the collar when it was struck. |
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Cent on gold stock: Wow! I have never seen anything like that befor! |
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So how does a Half Dollar whose dies plainly overlap a Cent planchet 360 degrees all around from the look of the struck coin, allow for a near-fully formed rim? The only way to achieve that is to use Half dies and a Cent collar, and I find it difficult to visualize that as "accidental."
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SD I don't think you are seeing a rim. It looks like distorted and reflected light through a holder
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