I'm curious to hear your thoughts on this on whether you think it's a die chip or something else. My money is on it being a die chip (I paid $5 for it). @Paddy54 @paddyman98 @SuperDave @furryfrog02 @Rick Stachowski @cpm9ball @eddiespin @BooksB4Coins
Wowser!!! That looks weird! I can't really say but it might be a bit of soldering. The Dime could of been used as a pin at one time. Needle broke off. This is the best image I can find on-line.. as an example, but not exactly
I agree it is solder most probably was a stick or hat pin at one time. Just like love tokens stick pins and hat pins were wore and affordable during the time period . So you could give your gal a gift from the ♡ that didn't cost an arm and a leg.
One needs to remember that most probably a blue collar worked salary in the early 1940's 25-30$ @ week. Plus you had a war going on so goods were hard to find. So one did what one could to get by.
Most probably the coin and pin was polished from the heat turning the coin blue or dark when made. Most probably wasn't silver solder unless the craft man worked on boilers or other items that required a silver base solider
It's my guess that the dime has already been damaged by the heat when the solder was applied. I don't see the harm in testing it with a soldering gun or small torch. Chris
Now that the can has been opened can anyone tell me how I can find out if mine has any gold in the button on the top? Take to a jeweler? I don't have any test materials. I only paid $1.00 for it.
They had one ( x-ray ) at the polish show yesterday . Guy said it cost 23.000.00 for the unit and devices .. Free off course, for the show ...
