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Valued Member
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I am new to this and I am looking for input if this coin I have is worth getting graded. Thank you   |
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Moderator
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Sure looks like a partial loss of the cladding. Get it graded? Hmm.. not sure. Lets see what others have to say.  |
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Forum Dad
United States
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I'm not sure, kinda looks stained. Cupholder coin?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Staining would be my guess as well.
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Moderator
United States
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 Looks like a stain to me also. John1  |
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Valued Member
 United States
369 Posts |
This input is good to hear, Thank you.
But this is not a coffee cup holder coin and it is not stained or chemically changed. That is copper showing I will post the side edge of the coin you will see that there is barely any silver, there is all copper and a very thin layer of silver silver. Ill post tonight, hoe you can respond back with more in put
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Forum Dad
United States
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United States
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@thum, first welcome to CCF. Second, can you please get us an accurate weight for this dime? Thx.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
878 Posts |
It looks like dried blood to me...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Just worth a dime. So why spend money to have it put in a slab? (The grading fees can be as much a $50. Hard to spend that for an altered coin that is worth face value?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm going to reserve judgement until an acetone soak. Around the reverse it shows more copper color, and when it reaches the rim. Also the bottom of the obverse where it reaches the rim.
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Moderator
United States
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The more I look at this, the less I think it is a cladding issue. The color of this redness over the torch still shows a bit of the silver cladding. Maybe a stain.
Can the OP please post up some close up images of the edge where the red ends and the silver cladding starts up please?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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An accurate weight--to two decimal places--will help narrow this down. A leisurely soak in 100% acetone would be a good thing to do--soak the coin, not the OP.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I agree with Dearborn about torch showing color that is lighter than darker field. That would not happen if it was all copper in that area.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Another thing to think about. If this coin was like this from the mint, I think it wouldn't show any wear or discoloration of the copper core. If it was missing the cladding in large patches like this someone would have pulled it as soon as it was noticed and the copper would be bright red or at least evenly toned across the face. While this can't be true of all error coins, obvious errors really don't spend much time in circulation by my observations. I have a 1968-D Roosevelt with "Imporper" [SIC] Cladding that I posted a few years back. Here is a link to that post. http://goccf.com/t/366857 ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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04/21/2023 9:05 pm
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to the CCF I would like to know the weight and results of a long acetone soak. |
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