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Boggs New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 7:03 pm weird underweight dime, very thin about half the thickness of a regular dime {not quit } has strong reeds and every detail of a dime is in order. weight is less them even my most wore out Seated Liberty but thicker. The "drop test" sounds like aluminum but it won't bend nowhere does it say copy/toy or made in China. any ideas ? * Edited by Staff to Add Year to Title. Titles are Important! * Report this Post to the Staff

Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 7:16 pm Please crop and enlarge your images. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21601 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 7:28 pm Can you take a photo with the original colour. I don't think that dime is brown. It should weigh 2.5g so the only thing I can think off looking at the thin rims is that it has been acid etched which would account for the weight loss. Clearer pictures would confirm this. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 7:38 pm Could be acid, but we don't usually see that with silver, do we? I wonder if the rims edge wasn't lightly abraded. @bog, is the reeding on the edge still in place? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21601 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 8:01 pm The OP says the coin has reeds so I don't see how being abraded could be the cause. I would like to see a clearer photo of the reverse. With acid, the letters slowly get thinner as the acid eats away. Report this Post to the Staff
Boggs New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 8:04 pm Yes the reedings on it are very strong and it still has a raised edge, the diameter is just very slightly under a regular sized dime Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95476 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 8:05 pm a bit far away to see anything of note. It looks like a MAD strike though. rim thinner at K10 and thicker at K5 Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Boggs New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 8:07 pm photos are not a strong point with me but I'll see if I can get some better ones up Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 8:10 pm This dime must be silver. An up-date photo is need with must possible real color. This red now is strange, but IMO is just the way to take the photos. O, R and side photos is need. Report this Post to the Staff
Boggs New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 8:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2281 Posts	Posted 09/01/2022 10:34 pm I say acid treatment. You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/02/2022 8:02 pm I agree, if it is under weight. 2.5 grams. Edited by coop 09/02/2022 8:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 02:12 am Could be just a thin planchet with environmental tarnishing/discolourization, and I agree it has an acid soak damage to the surfaces. Report this Post to the Staff
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