Dime on wrong planchet?

Any opinions are greatly appreciated.

 

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Yeah, I would say that. But some of the professionals would help on which planchet it is, though I don't know what kind of planchet is smaller than a dime.

 

It weighs 1.4 grams. I bought a coin collection and this was an interesting piece. Could it be on a foreign planchet?

 

Looks like a dryer dime..

 

Excuse my ignorance but what is a dryer dime?

 

Sometimes coins get stuck in industrial dryers like the kind used at a dry cleaner and get run through many many cycles... This is like an industrial rock tumbler for coins and gives them a very similar look to this coin.

 

I'm learning. Thx for your reply

 

Could be a dryer dime but there's a gram missing of weight. Unusual, whatever it is.

 

most definitely PMD , it would be impossible for this dime to have come from the mint like this. a dime coin die is too big to strike something this small and leave a rim on the coin.

 

It's pre-1964 whatever it is. If it is post mint damage I'm amazed someone has a lot of idle time on they're hands. I wish it could talk.

 

Here's a dryer dime. Still wondering about the drop in weight of the OP's dime though.

http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=66544

 

That's a lot of weight to loose. Interesting coin.

 

Exactly my thought! It could've been minted on a foreign planchet. It wouldn't be the first one in the world that's for sure.

 

The significant loss of design indicates to me at least that it is some sort of PMD...

 

Silver dimes weigh 2.5 grams. The dime I have weighs 1.4 grams. I read an article that said the U.S. minted a foreign coin in 1946 that was 90% silver and weighed 1.4 grams. There isn't any part of the rim that is raised. Just getting some input.

 

So does the dime have a reeded edge or a smooth edge?

 

Smooth edge. The pics make the coin look like it has a rim but it doesn't. The outer edge is worn flat. On the obverse side there is a place that appears to be raised somewhat.

 

Hard call. I don't think a dryer dime looses weight but I may be wrong. The reason it looks like a dryer dime is because the date is missing and everything is pushed together like the edge is worn. My guess, is a dryer dime.