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mlmouton Valued Member United States 75 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 12:09 pm Here are a few pics of my strange dime. Looks copper in person, very smooth texture. , , , Report this Post to the Staff

Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 12:17 pm dimes,nickels, quarters, halves, and dollar coins are all nickel plated copper(since 1965), so that gives you the brown strip. this is a normal coin. it just looks like it was dug up from the ground. Report this Post to the Staff
mlmouton Valued Member United States 75 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 12:23 pm Thanks Adam, I do have a question, why would it be thinner than a regular dime? Report this Post to the Staff
Adam_E Pillar of the Community United States 4846 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 12:27 pm well, I don't think that every coin would be the EXACT same thickness. Report this Post to the Staff
StJoeBlues Pillar of the Community United States 573 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 12:46 pm Do you have a scale? Weigh it and compare it to a "normal" dime. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 1:40 pm Thickness is a function of striking pressure so there is some variation in the thickness of coins. Your coin appears to suffer from environmental damage so that could have thinned the coin as well. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/10/2010 8:33 pm Acid dipping will thin a coin. This one looks burnt to me? Report this Post to the Staff
mlmouton Valued Member United States 75 Posts	Posted 07/11/2010 8:33 pm HI Coop, it's not burnt, kinda weird. It is very very smooth. The ridges are not as deep set as my other dimes. I just don't know. I will need to get a scale and weigh it. Report this Post to the Staff
mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2734 Posts	Posted 07/13/2010 09:45 am It's just badly stained/discolored. Error coin writer and researcher. Report this Post to the Staff
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