what is this coin

Does Anyone Know what the small dime is??? I found if a few years ago and have not been able to find out what it is. It is made of metal, has all the same markings as a liberty dime. But a fraction of the size

 

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Your coin is now a novelty item, a shrunken Mercury dime. There are several threads here on CT about these coins:

Mini coin sets,

Very curious "quarter",

What is this tiny tiny quarter?

Shrunken Washington quarter

1804 Tiny Coin

Links to off site sources -- not CT threads:

Bert Hickman's Quarter Shrinking and Can Crushing Gallery

Empire Magic

Coin Shrinking [YouTube link]

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Could have been from an old toy cash register.
I recall having one, as a young child.

 

:thumb: Ok found out they shrank it. It was a real dime put through a magnet and electric field to compress it. (same mass and wt just more dense). But the Dryer dosen't work on them.

 

As I guessed. Shrunken coins just have a particular look to them.

 

They tried to make a Micro S ?

Seriously, I hope it wasn't a 16 D.

gary

 

With my luck it prob was a 16d