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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-08-2009, 01:43 AM   #1 (permalink) Itallmakescents Junior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 47 ALL Copper 1980 P R Dime ???such a thing ?? How does one really know if it's true through copper and no clad layers ?Would it weight just about the same ? No silver on rim edge or as I can see in the wear on his head. It;s from circulation...if intentionally coated...wouldn't it show wear and silver show through ? Love knowledge..thank you kindly. Attached Thumbnails     Last edited by Itallmakescents; 11-09-2009 at 12:39 AM.   11-08-2009, 01:53 AM   #2 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,595 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Quote: Originally Posted by Itallmakescents How does one really know if it's true through copper and no clad layers ?Would it weight just about the same ? No silver on rim edge or as I can see in the wear on his head. It;s from circulation...if intentionally coated...wouldn't it show wear and silver show through ? Love knowledge..thank you kindly Just a tip, pic of the edge of the dime was the best as it actually looked like there wasn't any silver clad layer at all. If you want to show bigger pics, find a freebie place like photobucket and post the links only. good find!!   11-08-2009, 02:18 AM   #3 (permalink) Itallmakescents Junior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 47 Thank you Fretboard...so you can just click on link and you can view pics at that sight ??Rather than uploading straight from computer...I guess when I upload..they get resized to fit here...when I crop my pics..they are as huge as the screen on my computer. I'll have to try it...I always try to get huge up close pics..they just end up small in photo album too...thank you again   11-08-2009, 03:53 AM   #4 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,595 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Quote: Originally Posted by Itallmakescents so you can just click on link and you can view pics at that sight ??Rather than uploading straight from computer...I guess when I upload..they get resized to fit here...when I crop my pics..they are as huge as the screen on my computer. I'll have to try it...I always try to get huge up close pics..they just end up small in photo album too...thank you again Well you're right, when you just post the pics on here they will always come out small. If you go and register at one of the freebie sites and you capture the inbetweeen of the the IMGxxxIMG and upload the link of the pic, your pics will come out bigger. You can post pics or the link, the choice would be yours but you would have bigger pics either way. http://www.cointalk.com/t77618/   11-08-2009, 09:33 AM   #5 (permalink) jcuve Lincoln variety fanatic     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New York Posts: 530 So this a clad dime, so the silver metal is nickel. A picture of the edge and the exact weight are necessary to start to hypothesize the reasons behind your observations... Photobucket is what I use - very good choice... __________________ Jason Cuvelier CoinGallery - CONECA & ANA - www.cuvelier.org (all images I use are ©Jason Cuvelier 2008-09)   11-08-2009, 11:55 AM   #6 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,508 My Mood: Jason right! photobucket free too __________________ No one knows everything & I agree to disagree at times ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   11-08-2009, 04:05 PM   #7 (permalink) foundinrolls Roll Searching Enthusiast     Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 2,104 Hi, There is really no need to get too complicated. I played with the images. The coin is discolored and It may have been buried and recovered with a metal detector. A possible error scenario would be the "sintered planchet", copper wash concept that is becoming more and more unclear as time goes by. In any case, the high likelihood is that this is a result of some form of environmental damage. Thanks, Bill PS: too much detail for this coin to be struck on a copper core.   11-09-2009, 02:55 PM   #8 (permalink) coinprofessor An established professor   Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 18 My Mood: Thiis is a ground coin got discolored from the underground elements moisture ETC Billy contact coinprofessor to learn about errors etc etc coinprofessor@usa.com Billy   11-09-2009, 10:20 PM   #9 (permalink) Itallmakescents Junior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 47 Would silver show through if scratched somewhere's if it's from ground discolorization ? what happens if no silver shows ?? Have not tried yet...should I ?? Added a few up close pics... Attached Thumbnails       11-10-2009, 09:30 AM   #10 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,508 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Itallmakescents Would silver show through if scratched some where's if it's from ground discoloration ? what happens if no silver shows ?? Have not tried yet...should I ?? Added a few up close pics... There 2 more thing that would make look they way it is. 1.A house/car fire /nickle/clad melt at about 1750-2000-deg 2. Car dash coin holder coke a cola & any other citric acid type drink spilled on __________________ No one knows everything & I agree to disagree at times ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   11-10-2009, 10:28 AM   #11 (permalink) milkman Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 11 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by jello There 2 more thing that would make look they way it is. 1.A house/car fire /nickle/clad melt at about 1750-2000-deg 2. Car dash coin holder coke a cola & any other citric acid type drink spilled on I think jello hit it on the head Alex   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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