Barber Dime Planchet?

I have a "coin" at home that is either COMPLETELY worn or is a planchet. It's pretty thin and the only thing it has in common with any modern currency is the diameter of a Roosevelt Dime. It's right about the width of a barber dime, from what I measured at home. Like I said, it's thin, has no kind of marking on either side that resembles an obverse or reverse, but it DOES have teeth or is reeded, can't remember the word right now. You know, the edge. It doesn't have a rim, either. It IS silver. It sounds like silver when you flip it, and my metal detector confirmed it. So, what do you think? I don't have pictures right now because I'm at school, but I'll try to get them soon. What else could it be?

Thanks!

 

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It's possible it could be a blank silver dime planchet. If possible, weigh it and see how it compares the weight of a silver dime.

 

Without the date or any identifying marks it could be any type of dime sized coin from the US or other countries . Pictures could help , but if yoou can't see anything then we probably wont either , but it's worth a try .
rzage

 

barber dime?
Or Merc.
Or seated,
or Roosie.

Or any of the above.

as a blank your imagination is the limit.

 

It is just a very worn coin---not a planchet. Since it has reeding that rules out the planchet.

Speedy

 

Guess The Grade !!!

Sgs Au58

 

why so low?

 

Hmm, then it must be a really really worn barber dime, cause i think it's too thin to be a roosevelt or mercury. Or maybe it's just worn THAT MUCH. doubtful, though...I found it in a pile of wheat cents and old foreign coins.

 

And like I said, there are seriously NO MARKINGS that resemble any design. No rim, just a really smooth coin on both sides. It's probably just really worn like you guys are saying.

 

You said it had a reeded edge... How 'sharp' are they? I mean are they sharp and defined like a new dime or smoothed down to just barely noticeable?

All my silver dimes that are really worn also have nearly smooth edges.
Yours must be really thin to not have any markings whatsoever.

 

The reeded edge is there, but it's pretty worn also...probably a good indication of wearing all over. I'd say on a 1-10 sharpness scale, 10 being sharpest, it's probably a 4. = \

 

Barber Dimes, Mercury Dimes and silver Roosevelt Dimes all have identical weights (2.5 g) and diameters (17.9 mm). In fact, they are identical to Seated Liberty dimes minted from 1873 on.

I suspect your coin is a really, really worn SL or Barber Dime.

 

They detected a trace of wear on there somewhere.

Maybe they'll call it AU58* !

 

okay, okay.
I'll concede them the grade, but do they have stickers below MS-70 or Proof-70?
They would have to print up a new batch.

 

Ahhhhh... so that's why their turnaround time has been so slow lately !

 

Thanks Hobo, that's actually really good to know. I'll be sure to post pictures as soon as I can...not that it will matter much when you see them haha.

and guys, they saw the wear, but thought that it gave it a more natural look. MS 69.

 

ok guys and gals, sorry for the long wait. just got home for the long weekend, and here are a few pictures (best I could do, sorry) of the whateveritis.

Thanks for helping me out!

 

or a Seated dime, or Merc, or a slug.

 

Is the edge reeded or is that a reflection of the reeding on the Rosie?

I agree with Frank. It could be an extremely worn Seated Dime. I have seen some Seated Dimes that were worn almost that much. Back in those days coins saw a LOT of circulation. They were not tossed into cans where they sat and sat and sat until finally being taken to the CoinStar machine. (People back then would think you were insane if you paid almost 10% for the convenience of not sorting and rolling your coins.) A dime had some real buying power and most people back then did not have a lot of money. Rather than let their money sit unused in a can they circulated their coins. And the Mint did not have to mint billions and billions of coins every year to replace those that went straight from the cash register to a can. What a novel concept.

 

As a matter of fact I saw a 1932 $10 gold marked MS64, now in my reality it was closer to a 60, but there it was nonetheless.