How does one really know if it's true through copper and no clad layers ?Would it weight just about the same ? No silver on rim edge or as I can see in the wear on his head. It;s from circulation...if intentionally coated...wouldn't it show wear and silver show through ? Love knowledge..thank you kindly.
Just a tip, pic of the edge of the dime was the best as it actually looked like there wasn't any silver clad layer at all. If you want to show bigger pics, find a freebie place like photobucket and post the links only. good find!!
Thank you Fretboard...so you can just click on link and you can view pics at that sight ??Rather than uploading straight from computer...I guess when I upload..they get resized to fit here...when I crop my pics..they are as huge as the screen on my computer. I'll have to try it...I always try to get huge up close pics..they just end up small in photo album too...thank you again
Well you're right, when you just post the pics on here they will always come out small. If you go and register at one of the freebie sites and you capture the inbetweeen of the the IMGxxxIMG and upload the link of the pic, your pics will come out bigger. You can post pics or the link, the choice would be yours but you would have bigger pics either way. hya: http://www.cointalk.com/t77618/
So this a clad dime, so the silver metal is nickel. A picture of the edge and the exact weight are necessary to start to hypothesize the reasons behind your observations... Photobucket is what I use - very good choice...
Hi, There is really no need to get too complicated. I played with the images. The coin is discolored and It may have been buried and recovered with a metal detector. A possible error scenario would be the "sintered planchet", copper wash concept that is becoming more and more unclear as time goes by. In any case, the high likelihood is that this is a result of some form of environmental damage. Thanks, Bill PS: too much detail for this coin to be struck on a copper core.
Thiis is a ground coin got discolored from the underground elements moisture ETC Billy contact coinprofessor to learn about errors etc etc coinprofessor@usa.com Billy
Would silver show through if scratched somewhere's if it's from ground discolorization ? what happens if no silver shows ?? Have not tried yet...should I ?? Added a few up close pics...
There 2 more thing that would make look they way it is. 1.A house/car fire /nickle/clad melt at about 1750-2000-deg 2. Car dash coin holder coke a cola & any other citric acid type drink spilled on
If that is it in your avatar, then it is not copper. It is just environmentally damaged. Clad coins that spent time in the ground look like that.
First, welcome to the neighborhood @Lino Hernandez ! If @paddyman98 chimes in, he can show you photos of some of his collection of error coins that are missing a clad layer. Here is my one and only Kennedy half dollar that I got directly from the Mint in a bag. Chris
Your Dime is Clad on both sides with a Copper Core. As stated, Environmental Damage can affect the color of the Clad Layer. I have found hundreds of Dimes that look just like yours and even darker over the years metal detecting. Here are true Missing Clad Layer errors which usually occur on just on one side of a clad coin From my collection -
