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I had the chance to pick up this coin a while ago and while doing a spreadsheet/accounting file, I rediscovered what I believe to be an error coin (missing outer clad layer) and thought I would post it here to get some input as to opinions and such. Thanks, Mike PS: Pictures are not great yet!  Edited by Morgans Dad
08/06/2009 10:35 pm
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Clad is ont he dime before the strike, so it's not a 'finish'. It's actually a 'layer' of the original planchet, so it's 'missing clad layer' - but this one's not. It's probably whizzed to death or acid eaten. I can tell because of the surface texture and the sharp edges to the face.
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Chuck, could you explain your reasoning please, I mean you said the coin was probably whizzed to death, how would the coin look for it to be an error that truly is missing the clad layer, Thanks Mike....
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Missing a layer would make a coin that's slightly thinner than normal, but the design would look right. It would look like a normally struck dime, save perhaps a slightly weak strike due to the missing layer...but it would not have the sharp edges, the mottling to the surface, and the slightly thinner than normal lettering as yours does.
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I would like to see the other side of the coin as well. The strong strike makes me also lean toward Chuck's concept but I want to see the other side as well. Also, the weight may help but if the coin was acid treated or had the surface tampered with in some way, the weight might still be off.
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Bill
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Bill, I tryed to get the best, Thanks for your input, Mike  |
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Hi,
After looking at both sides, I am not sure of what this is without it being weighed. My first instinct is to say that a copper core with no outer layers at all would not strike up this well as it would be too thin.
So one of two things. It's either discolored OR
It is struck on a copper core and the weight will tell us all we need to figure it out.
Thanks,
Bill
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08/09/2009 11:40 pm
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Thanks Bill, I will try to get it weighed....
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My reverse split clad dime weighs 1.9 grams(30 grains) so yours would have to weigh something less that that to be a double split clad error.
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Thanks BIO, I will post the weight when I get that fact....
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