As a cashier, I work with easily hundreds of dollars on nearly a daily basis. I often buy out random coins I find, such as the old silver dollar coins, canadian and other foreign currency. However one day as I cracked open a roll of pennies I couldnt help but notice a dime was in the roll.. After further inspection I came to realize it was one sided, its in good condition. Any comments, concerns, ect? Id like to know what others think about this coin. Even if it was of value, I have no intention of parting with it. The first picture displays the back, obviously. The second is where the face of the coin should be, but its lacking... The third picture is with it up against a normal dime(right) vs strange dime (left). They are not the same thickness, I dont have a tool to measure exact specifics. Thoughts please?
It looks like the nickel layer and design got rubbed off on the front. This would also explain the thinkness. Welcome, by the way.
If it was a lathe, or some kind of grinder the markings would be more circular rather than straight and at an angle, atleast thats how it always was during my 5 years in shop class and wood tech back when I was in middle school and high school. And its perfectly smooth on the faceless side as well, which also made me wonder because it would have left imperfections or an uneven surface atleast.
Yes but if someone did grinding, then how is the surface perfectly smooth? When you do any kind of grinding on any kind of surfaces that would leave some grooving behind.
Not if you're good and if you use very fine grit. Think about this, grinding is how the mirror finish fields are created on proof dies. See any grooves there?
I see the grooves but what jloring makes sense now, ive got experience mostly in wood working, and a majority of the time I worked with metal was just sheet metal so nothing special. :]
there are definately grooves in a circular pattern, if not a lathe then possibly an end mill, but PMD regardless of what tool did the damage its damage.
There is a flaw in the grinding or sanding theory. The third picture shows the single sided coin as the thicker of the two. If it had been finished to remove the original face it would have been accomplished by removing material, making it thinner. If FiveNineJeep has the two reversed in the photo then it wold make sense.
I could tell immediately that it was machined off by the second pic. Look at the perfectly symmetrical cutting lines all around the surface.
It is possible for clad coins to lose their bonding and peel apart in layers, though I can't say if thats the case with this example as I've only ever seen such pieces already authenticated. But I do remember the side that the bonding separated from was anything but smooth. Guy
Yes a layer will sometimes fall off, but if it falls off before striking the side with the missing layer tends to have a very good if some what weakend inage like it is supposed o have. If it falls away after striking the surfaces are typically rough, but the struck image still shows.
