Hello All, I have found this dime and I thought the brown color was dirt so I placed it into water and it didn't come off. Is this an error? Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
Not an error. It's environmental damage. The clad layer will take on brownish/tan colors when it tones. This is an end stage version of it.
And now we have a 5th "error coin" recent poster. I'm switching to bottled water. I don't want to catch what's going around.
Does the clad layer change brown that quickly in such few years? Just curious It's solid brown like one of those wheat pennies. I think my photo quality threw off the color. Thank you as always. Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
Just curious, can dimes tone like milk chocolate brown? I've only seen the bright colors from examples online and what would be considered a rare toning? Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
As metal detecting proliferates, so will coins like these. In most parts of the U.S. our soils are active enough to do this to a copper/nickel coin in a few months. You can also get this look by "diaper diving" coins from the diaper of a child who swallowed a dime, minus the dents and nicks of course.
Wow! That is seriously interesting. How would anyone even know that with the diaper situation? Thank you, that was definitely an interesting fact! Sent from my SM-G900T using Tapatalk
Learned from the aftermath of that "Hey, honey, is that a coin that junior has there?" moment circa 1996. He made it through the experience and joined me in my recent trip to ANA Anaheim. We decided to be more vigilant about small objects and not opt for a "coins that passed through me" competitive exhibit for him. Bottom line? (No pun intended) Copper nickel coins are far more chemically active than most people know. And our digestive tracts have some really nasty stuff in them, even early in life.
It depends on what it's been exposed to and for how long. Clad coins will turn a tan color, then go to darker browns.
I think this is the first time telling anyone this.. Buy yourself a Metal Detector! You will be surprised how many different shades of colors Nickels, Quarters and Dimes turn into! I have been detecting for about 6 years and have found hundreds of Dimes such as yours. I have been explaining this color change with a few other new amateur coin collecting members lately and either they accept it or don't
Toning is weird...some people love it and some hate it. I see crusty, brownish Franklin Halves shown here with people gushing over them. Each to his own taste.
