1994 dime looks like it may be struck on a penny planchet

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Looks to be environmental damage, clad coins look like this when buried for a period of time. It can not be struck on a cent planchet because a cent is larger than a dime and won't fit in the coining chamber.

 

It is Environmental Damage..
The Clad layers were exposed to the elements, soil, sand and dirt.
I metal detect and I have found thousands of Clad coins and even Nickel with this type of damage. Not a Mint Error.

Here are my examples -

 

Correct.. meaning it would be the same size, thickness and weight of a Cent.

 

@cpm9ball
I took Thousands of my Environmentally Damaged coins to a Coinstar machine last year.. They must be falling into the hands of all these people. This is the second thread today

 

I wonder if they make a HoardStar machine?

Chris

 

I had a quarter that was made on the material a dime is usually made from. What happens is all the coins start as a sheet of metal then they run the sheet through a big punch that cuts the coin out and stamps a picture on it. You are right about the coin being weathered, but coins can possibly be maid from any other coins metal, but the guy would have to be pretty hung over to put a roll of copper in when they are doing dimes

 

It can't be on a half dollar planchet, either, because it would look like this....


Chris

 

Well, almost!

Blanks are punched out of the sheet of coin metal. Then the blanks are fed into the "upsetting mill" where they become planchets. The planchets are then fed into the coining chamber where they become a coin.

Chris

 

It's actually the same material Quarters are made on just a different thickness. It's referred to as Dime Stock.
Here are 2 examples from my collection -

 

By the way.. Welcome to CoinTalk.
I see by your comments that you really don't know the Minting process very well. Let us handle these threads. We have been doing this for decades. I will say it again.. A blank Cent Planchet would not fit into a Chamber that holds a blank dime Planchet to be struck.

 

at least they didn't ask "how much is it worth"...

 

It appears the OP was hit and run with one post, not seen since. Ditto for rusty.

 

I
Still want it

 

I had the 70d. Didn't know about the 69 one. I remember asking why my 70d was so lite. You told me and showed your 70d also. Yousaved that coins life. Now grandbabies now have it in their collection. Was a great day

 

If I'm not mistaken. I think that was my first error find.

 

The guy isn’t lying about the dime being struck on a penny planchet! I have one of the same coins, but that year has alot of errors...

 

He was not lying, just mistaken. A dime can't be struck on a cent planchet because it is too big to fit the dime coining chamber. If you feel you have one please post pictures.

 

Damaged from environmental toning. Spend it.

 

Unfortunately, due to Midnight Cowboys at the mint, they might exist. These should be confiscated as far as I'm concerned.