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Weight is 1.82 grams, regular dime is coming up as 2.26 grams on my scale.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That's way underweight. That would almost be the weight for missing both clad layers. I can't explain why it is struck up as good as it is. Wait for more replies.
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Yeah, I don't know what is going on with this coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Just a thought: if you are handling valuable coins, you don't want to leave fingerprints on the coin faces. Handle it by the edge, or wear gloves.
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Noted. Thanks for the advice, gloves are now on the list. Anything to add about the coin?
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Pillar of the Community
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That's definitely a keeper. Congrats on the find.
Being that much underweight makes me wonder if part of the copper core was lost when the clad layer came off.
I'm with Cujohn about how well the details struck up on that one for being so underweight. Normally when a coin is missing metal, there isn't enough metal to fill all the devices when it is struck by the dies.
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If it was mine, I would bite the bullet and send it into ANACS. Theye'd be the cheapest. That lite weight has to be missing both layers. I still can't explain the sharpness of the strike. Be sure to come back and post the results.
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Pillar of the Community
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Unless I am missing something, it's missing about 0.4g of the expected 2.27g mass. Why would it have to be missing both layers?
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That's the weight of both clad layers.
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By ratios, the two clad layers combined are about one-third the total coin mass. That would make each clad layer about 0.378 grams (2.27g/6).
Graded examples of clad dimes missing a single clad layer seem to be between 1.7g-1.8g. So this coin is right on the money.
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oh, sorry, I lost track of this topic Elvira.
But I think that your coin is within the parameters of a single loss of a clad surface (maybe a tad lighter than expected, but a nice find!
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Thanks everyone! Do you think it's worth sending in? I am curious about it, I do have some 1970 and 1971 quarters in amazing condition I could send in with it, just to see... what kind of mylar flips do you use to send in coins? I see they don't like the cardboard ones, staples or tape.
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