1965 Silver Dime?? MS66!!!

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Jesse Gillispie, Nov 30, 2017.

  1. Actually I was wondering about that because this has no mint mark either.
     
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  3. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

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  4. Lol heres some pics of the dime where the mint should be. 15121391208621833249543.jpg
     
  5. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on


    Yeah, but you triggered me. Ha.


    The US Mint made no coin with mintmarks in 1965, 1966, and 1967, due to them trying to suppress coin collectors removing coins from circulation.
     
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  6. Thank you Chris that's helpful and glad to hear an opinion that isn't just a straight " oh it's not silver even though it has silver edges" opinion. I mainly made this profile to ask about if it's a possibility to have a dime with no copper edges but still be copper. Cause everywhere i read it says you look at the edge of the coin to identify a silver coin.
     
  7. I'll look the number up again in the PCGS data base I'm pretty sure it says phili
     
  8. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Look at the section The Coinage Act of 1965 https://www.usmint.gov/learn/collecting-basics/mint-marks it is the gov't rationalization...

    Yes, silver was being removed and more collectors were pulling coins from circulation, but the mint was also on kind of a vendetta to try to shut down numismatics then and do whatever they could to try to make them uncollectable...
    But as you can see, they finally realized it wasn't that efficient and they could make money catering to modern collectors.
     
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  9. Yes I believe it was made in San Francisco, CA. So I might have the only silver edge SMS coin?
     
  10. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Could be
     
  11. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Resistance is futile

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  12. Thank you that was interesting.
     
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  13. It don't actually say on the PCGS website if it was PHILI or Cali but I am assuming it's the San Francisco mint now.
     
  14. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    I think I have a good idea what caused the issue at the other forum. The first 2+ pages of this thread gave you some great info on how to determine if this really was struck on a silver planchet. You probably don't realize it, but you received input from one of the most knowledgeable and respected error authorities in the country (world?). It appeared to me that a lot of members were very open minded to what you were proposing, even if the odds where very much against it being a silver planchet. But instead of acting on a the suggestions of how to verify your coin you kept posting "but look at this pic", and "look at that pic" which were just the same thing but from diff angles. That's when people started to become tired of your antics.

    Personally, I think the pics show that something in the holder or gasket is giving you a false impression that the edge doesn't show copper. The "reeding" in your pics doesn't look normal. But nobody can tell for certain from the pics, if we're looking at the edge of the insert or the coin.

    You are claiming that have a very rare and potentially valuable coin. Anything like this requires extraordinary proof. In your case, there were a number of posts that told you how to easily get that proof. I suggest that you follow the recommendations, or keep quiet. The more you keep screwing around, the more people are going to get tired of you and tell you where to put your coin.

    Just my opinion.
     
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  15. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on


    Yes, that is true. But sometimes in the minting process, the clad layer at the edge is very thin or 'missing', so to speak (not observed or barely can be observed). You also need to recognize a silver coin vs the appearance of a clad one. And if your coin was silver, it would not be silver only on the edge. Go look at ways to tell, such as putting tissue paper over it, and maybe compare to that over an actual silver one, or look at other dimes from that year and 1964 raw and then re-look at your coin.

    No disrespect, and yes it is 'possible' to come across the only one minted if there was one stray one minted, but it is not likely.
     
  16. Oldhoopster

    Oldhoopster Member of the ANA since 1982

    A quick google search shows that the 1965 SMS were minted in San Francisco. Mint marks were not used from 1965-67
     
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  17. Here's a couple pics with a penny under the case so you can compare the copper color. 15121407388851321975946.jpg 1512141212228793419552.jpg 1512141289874761248818.jpg
     

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  18. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    If it was struck on a planchet intended for another country's coins it could be possible to have a base metal coin without a copper core.
     
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  19. Kasia

    Kasia Got my learning hat on

    Yes, and that would be an error. But I don't find a lot of viable candidates for that for a 1965 dated US Dime finding a stray foreign planchet and still having dime size and appearance.
     
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  20. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    Now you're comparing Granny Smiths with Red Delicious.
     
  21. Also you can see the toning as well. I posted earlier a pic of this but I'm gonna post it again as you can see this light is some of the best 151214156572798706825.jpg
     

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