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Lateral New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/22/2010 6:04 pm I got this dime in change the other day and have never seen one do this. No one I showed has seen one so I searched the Internet and came across this site. Can anyone tell me why this dime has split. It is a 1968 dime with no mint mark. So I assume it was minted in Philadelphia. (Some knowledge I picked up surfing the forum) The bottom half of the face side has split off the center and bent away from it while the top half is still firmly attached. Inside of the crack details of the image are visible on the core and also the underside of the laminate. The bottom side of the coin appears to have a bubble in the middle also. Finding this made me go through my old collection, it seems like this hobby can get addicting. Thank you for any help on this. Sorry for the blurry images. Report this Post to the Staff

coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/22/2010 6:06 pm Looks like the coin was heated? Weird things happen to them with this happens. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/22/2010 6:24 pm Sustained heat from a fire can cause clad layers to bubble and split, the darkness of the coin is strongly indicative of that. Report this Post to the Staff
Lateral New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/22/2010 6:33 pm That's cool. How long would it have to be heated? The pictures make it look a lot darker. ( iPhone pictures) The stuff on the front is actually a green color with a few dabs of rust brown. The back is a brown rust color. The lighting makes it look darker, most of the coin is still shiny. Wish I had better pics. Report this Post to the Staff
KisNap Valued Member United States 462 Posts	Posted 09/23/2010 09:34 am There's still a good amount of detail but it looks like all the reeding is gone. Slot machine dime? Report this Post to the Staff
Lateral New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/23/2010 3:52 pm still has a good bit of reeding. But I do live near a casino so that's a possibility. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 09/24/2010 08:46 am That would be a possibility perhaps if dime slots weren't completely a thing of the past. Even 25 years ago nickel, quarter, and half dollar slots made up 90% of all slot machines. It's likely that all the missing detail (including the reeding) is a direct result of the heat that damaged the coin to begin with. I liken this to trying to figure out why a tail light assembly is damaged on a car that's totalled from being rolled 15 times at 100 MPH. The answer is kinda obvious. Report this Post to the Staff
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