1965 Silver Dime

Hello Everyone,
I need your help, PLEASE. I have only kept a few coins over the years and recently got them out to look at them after our move to a new house.

I have come across what looks like a 1965 silver dime I saved.
I have not cleaned it and I can barely make out the last digit of the date but looks like a 5. It does not look like the nickel and copper dimes of 1965 to present. It appears to have no copper in it. I know that a silver 1965 may or may not exist. I do not know a thing about coin collecting except what I have been reading on the internet. I am confused about this dime. It does not have a mint letter on it either. Please take a look at the pictures. Would cleaning it be in order and if so how as not to damage it?

Any information you guys could lend is very much appreciated!
THANKS!!!

 

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idk but it looks like a 1961

 

Looks like a normal 1965 plucked out of the ground. Drop it on a hard surface and see if it sounds different than a normal dime. A silver dime should sound much differently.

Good Luck

Darryl

 

There is such a thing as a 1965 (about a dozen of them), and they are valuable.

This probably isn't one but I can't tell from the picts.

 

nevermind i see the 5 now. dang crappy graphics card lol

 

It does sound very different when dropped on the counter. It is a ting instead of a dull sound like the compared 1982 copper/nickel dime.

I scanned it in my computer. Everyone, please take a look.

Should I clean this dime????????


THANKS!

 

There is so much corrosion on that dime it's hard to tell if the date is a 1965 or a 1963. Based on the sound it made, I would bet 1963.

A silver dime weights 2.5 grams. A clad dime weights 2.27 grams. Need an accurate scale to tell the difference.

Good Luck

Darryl

 

Thanks for the info Darryl. It may be a '63 but since I born in '65, I can't help but think it is a '65 because I have had the tendency to collect '65 coins over the years. I wish I could clean it to verify but I am scared I'd clean it and it would be a '65 and I would ruin it.

 

Thanks for everyone's input so far. Keep 'em coming please!

 

Okay guys, here it is:
That is probably a 1965.
And it is 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999% clad.

I find a lot of them like that metal detecting.

The metal mixture rots in the soil and at the beach.

 

Funny, I was born in 65 too - just put it somewhere safe (not in contact with other coins) and call it a special 65 .


If you get really brave and want to spoil the fun try distilled water heated up on the stove and let it soak a little then with a very soft tooth brush gently rub around the date to free any loose debris. Same process works well with encrusted ancients.

Best Regards

Darryl

 

Are there a lot of clad 1965 dimes?
I guess I'll just put this one up and have it to show being neither silver, nickel or copper, lol.

Thanks everyone!

 

Darryl, that is funny that we were both born in '65.
Obviously a GOOD year!

 

lol -1,652,140,570 dimes in 1965 plenty to go around...

 

LOL, duh huh?

I was going by what Treashunt said,
"Okay guys, here it is:
That is probably a 1965.
And it is 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999% clad."

I thought that meant no copper, silver or nickel.
What the heck is clad?

Thanks!
The Duh-Huh? Neophyte

 

Most clad coins that I have pulled from the ground while MDing look like that one. Silver coins do not tarnish very much if at all in the ground. I have found Barber dimes that have been buried 100 years that are nearly as shiny as the day they were lost.

My money is on that dime being 1965 or later.

 

In this case it is copper-nickel sandwiched to a copper core.

 

and it means you coin is common, just one of the more than 1.6 Billion made that year.

 

Def. a 65, this is the best I could get it to show but you can clearly see the the vertical part of the 5 on the left side of the top of the 5. I always thought the early post 64 clad coins were kinda hard tell that they weren't silver just by looking at the edge, especially if they weren't real clean. Your best bet to tell if it is silver would be to weigh it like USS656 said.

 

dear hobo we simply must go Mding in the spring and summer. i will fly down there of course for a saturday trip. i simply ahve to find some coins for nothing