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New Member
Canada
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Hello everyone, my husband found a strange looking dime yesterday 8n his change and we were curious if anyone here could tell us a little about it. The dime is missing the date as there seemed to be some strike error thing with a giant smudge that distorts the shape of the coin. And the back looks strange with "10 C" being stamped over the "Elizabeth" part but upside down to it? Sorry I'm bad at describing it. I have a few bad pictures of it but not sure how to upload them yet.
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New Member
 Canada
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New Member
Canada
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Valued Member
Canada
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It looks to me like it was damaged on purpose but let's see what others have to say. By the way welcome, you will get a knowledgable response soon.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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looks like it was squished against another dime
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New Member
Canada
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I'm going to try and get a better picture on my good camera too
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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No need for a better picture. When a coin is out of round, more likely than not it is PMD. gidjit is right, your coin was pressed with another dime. |
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New Member
Canada
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Pressed with another dime? Like someone did it on purpose? Or is there another way they get smushed together like that? Still pretty cool to me, but I generally don't know what I am talking about haha.
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Valued Member
United States
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It's a little known fact that coins such as these are created by Mitosis, whereupon one coin will split into two separate coins if left in sunlight long enough. [citation_needed]
...Or two coins got smashed together with a press, but I'm sticking with my first opinion.
(It's a really interesting find for sure!)
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's a little known fact that coins such as these are created by Mitosis, whereupon one coin will split into two separate coins if left in sunlight long enough. [citation_needed] not exactly sound advice to a brand new member    ... Saibasu, although the chances that your dime has suffered post mint damage are very high, better pictures WOULD help, and  Edited by Wade
06/13/2018 12:39 am
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Moderator
 Canada
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Post mint damage. You can't have a coin shaped like that, with other parts of the coin having a fully shaped rim. Seeing a fully shaped rim tells me that the collar die was engaged...
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Valued Member
United States
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Hah, Apologies! Didn't realize the post was by a brand new member, ignore my silly joke there.  Yeah I would say probably post mint damage. Looks like one was pressed into the other. Looking at the images it must have taken a lot of force! To the CCF! Edited by Johnathan55
06/13/2018 03:49 am
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