Copper dime?

Thanks!

Chris

 

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Yes buy an improperly annealed (or environmental damage coin) typically tend to look like that on both sides. This coin is both underweight and normal looking on the other side.

 

Hello everybody I'm Chad and I live in Los Angeles . Every day after work I come in and empty my pockets. I put the pennies in a 5 gallon water jug and everything else in another. Well yesterday I found a copper dime in the penny jug. I must thought it was a penny and threw it in there with rest. But it looks very much like the one posted here but mines that color on both sides. I haven't done anything with it yet but look online to see if anyone else has come across a coin like this . So I searched Google under copper dime and this conversation came up. Has any figured it out yet. I'm new to this so im not sure how to post a picture of my dime

 

Welcome @oso Don't quit your day job just yet. Weigh it, a dime weighs 2.268 g while a cent comes in at 3.11 g pre 1982 and 2.5 g post 1982

 

Most likely Environmental Damage.

 

And a dime missing both clad layers would weigh about 1.5 grams.

The cent weights don't matter much as a cent planchet can't get into the dime coining chamber. A dime blank cut from copper cent stock would weigh 2.9 grams. (significantly overweight) And the dime would have to be 1982 or older.

A dime on copper plated zinc stock is not possible as there is no zinc cent stock at the mint, and even if there was the mint does not do planchet plating so it would be on zinc stock and would be silver colored.

 

Post some pictures, and if you are able, weigh it, so that we can better assist you.

 

Can someone explain this error. And give me a appraisal and rarity. Many thanks. It looks exactly like a dime and weighs about the same but has a copper edge and is as thick as a cent.

 

Can someone please explain this error and give me a appraisal and rarity. It is exactly like a regular dime but as thick as a penny with a round copper edge. 2010 D. It also weighs about the same as a regular dime. Many thanks.

 

Can someone please explain this error and give me a appraisal and rarity. It is exactly like a regular dime but as thick as a penny with a round copper edge. 2010 D. It also weighs about the same as a regular dime. Many thanks.

 

Can someone please explain this error and give me a appraisal and rarity. It is exactly like a regular dime but as thick as a penny with a round copper edge. 2010 D. It also weighs about the same as a regular dime. Many thanks.

 

Damaged.. 10 Cents

 

What...you don't need 20-30 out-of-focus pictures!!

 

Sounds like a dryer or spooned coin.

 

The 2010 D pennies are zinc with an incredibly thin copper plating. So it's not
a dime that was minted on a penny, and the penny is larger than a dime so that's
impossible anyway. You could only have a smaller coin accidentally minted on a larger coin, not the other way.
The 2010D dimes have an inner core of copper. And the obverse and reverse
are a combination of a little nickel and some copper. So if you are seeing copper, some of the outer metal has been taken away, and you are seeing the copper that's inside the clad dime sandwich.
It is always a good idea to show what you are talking about.
You can upload a photo. It's relatively easy.
It's around 100% that you have a damaged dime.

I am a fan of minimalism and Paddy's post is correct.

 

@James Har
DEFDAM - Definitely Damaged

That's a spooned or hammered edge dime. I have seen many over the years.

Not a Mint Error of any kind.
Worth? 10 Cents only if a store would accept a damaged Dime.

 

In that case why is the edge copper? I’m just curious.

 

Because it's a clad dime - two layers of 75% Copper/25% Nickel with a solid copper core.

 

And when the edge is spooned it spreads and the copper becomes even more prominent making it look like just a copper edge.