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Robin New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 01/30/2006 9:39 pm Anyone ever see a gold dime? I got one as change last year. The coin itself looks brand new. The face and back are a light gold color. The outside edges are silver. It's from 1975. Any clue what this could be? It's an American dime. I would have said that it's dirty, but it's way to clean looking. But it's a shiny clean gold color. Report this Post to the Staff

coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 01/31/2006 01:59 am Coins plated in other metals is actually a very common science experiment in schools, and a lot of them end up spent. If you coin, by chance, is copper, like a cent, then there's some chance you could have a dime struck on an unclad planchet. The only realistic test to see if there's even a chance of this being the case is to weigh the coin. If it is underweight by at least 10-15%, then there's a chance this is what you have. I give it a 5% chance against the 95% chance you have a simple plated coin that's worth spending as a dime. Report this Post to the Staff
Robin New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 02/01/2006 05:55 am Doesn't look copper. I'll try taking a picture of it and posting it for ya. Report this Post to the Staff
toast Pillar of the Community Australia 1091 Posts	Posted 02/01/2006 07:43 am Would plating a coin make it overweight by a measurable amount? Would the details of the coin be as sharp on a coin that is plated or does the process fill in the finer details? What metals would make a coin look like gold, besides gold? Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 02/01/2006 09:14 am Would plating a coin make it overweight by a measurable amount? Not by a measurable amount, no. Would the details of the coin be as sharp on a coin that is plated or does the process fill in the finer details? That depends on how the job is done, and for how long it sits being plated. If dipped or plated by electralosis for a longer time, the detail loss would be somewhat substantial. If plated by electralosis for a very short time, the coin would still change color, but wouldn't have enough on it to make any measurable difference and would not affect the details at all. What metals would make a coin look like gold, besides gold? None that I can think of. Plating a dime in gold involves only a couple of grains of gold, less than $5 worth even on today's market. Using electralosis uses an unmeasurable amount of foreign metal (gold in this case), which wouldn't involve anything more than a gold ring or something made of gold, and it wouldn't effect the ring or piece of gold enough to make a difference. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 02/01/2006 2:14 pm Plating is one way that a dime could be made a light gold color, excessive heat is another,, I have seen examples of this not only on dimes but also nickles, quarters and half dollars. Rick Edited by Metalman 02/01/2006 2:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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