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Anyone Else's Dimes Turning Brown?

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Found this 1988-p dime in a bank penny roll. Any help understanding whether this is damage or an error is appreciated. Thanks!
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 Posted 07/26/2023  12:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add HondoB to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
jpsi, it appears to be environmental staining picked up at some point in the last 35 years.
By the way, cent rolls with a dime are referred to as "59 cent rolls".
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Appreciate the knowledge and lingo - thanks!
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I agree with Hondo Boguss. PMD. Could have been buried at some point possibly.
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Yes almost certainly a ground find. Always nice to get a dime mixed in with the cents!
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 Posted 07/26/2023  05:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add EricH to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a metal detecting find.
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Not much doubt!
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Copper nickel coins stored in whatever collecting environment do not turn brown like the coin pictured.
Almost certainly, coin pictured has spent some time in ground burial.
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I agree with the others it did not come out of a roll from the mint in that way. The alloy used for nickels and the outer clad layers on dimes, quarters, and halves are susceptible to environmental damage also resulting in a darker appearance when they are exposed. Unless you are getting them from mint bags or rolls it would be hard to know exactly what its been exposed to during its circulation. The roll you have is clearly not a direct from mint roll.

The coins can also develop toning. Here are some of the things I've read that can cause a coin to tone dark or can cause a coin to turn a variety of colors, from deep grey or black to mottled or speckled. There are a few cases where it happens at the mint like an uncirculated nickel black beauty.

Experimentation with acid, or just normal corrosion
Burial in the ground
Being tossed in a water fountain
Exposure to intense heat, or very cold temperatures
Storage in a paper envelope, PVC plastic, or open-air case
Contact with caustic chemicals or fumes, such as sulfur or gas
Sitting in a warm and humid environment for long periods of time
Placed in old fashioned coin folders or albums can also cause toning, potentially attractive, with colors ranging from light blues and pinks even to rainbow colors.
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