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Moderator
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 to the CCF It's a 2021 Denver minted dime that had a cent glued to it, then removed. The glue residue leaves behind the impressions of the cent. Soak it in acetone and the glue will come off, leaving you with a dime worth 10 cents. |
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It is PMD not a mint error. Either glue or vise job. John1  |
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If I soak it in acetone will it shrink down to dime sized? &  |
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If it is glue, perhaps just a long water soak will suffice.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Acetone will remove surface grime. The coin size will remain the same. Someone has altered the coin and this is not mint made.
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New Member
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Thank you for your replies. So the dime then, I assume, is just somehow damaged.
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Seems to have had several modifications. In addition to the glue/vise job, someone may have treated this much like a Texas Cent in order to slightly increase the diameter. Can you please give us accurate readings of both the weight and diameter? Thx and welcome to CCF. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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 That is about as good as I can do there. I don't have a scale to weigh it. To me it looks like the dime is on top of the penny, but I do agree the penny markings look imprinted. I would have thought a vice would have ruined more of the markings or the edges. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Most likely a glue job. to the CCF! |
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So, I dropped it into hot water for a bit, but nothing seemed to come off. I scrubbed it with disinfecting wipes because that's all I had that would maybe work? Should I try lime juice or goo gone? Or it will stay that way anyway?   |
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You can try googone it is mostly acetone. I say you can try it only because your dime has no added value to it. Normally you should only use 100% pure acetone. John1 |
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Oh I see, so if it was worth something only use acetone on the coin. Would goo gone ruin coins otherwise? I'm sorry I'm just new to all this. At this point I'm just curious how they could have done this.
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to the Community! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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To CCF! I agree, it's just glue. Errers and Varietys.
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GooGone has other ingredients in it that is not good for coins. Use only 100% pure acetone that you would get from the hardware store. John1 |
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