1965 silver roosevelt dime

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Arrgh, got me!

 

Well I knew cause I remember it from them

 

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Hi,
so I was given some old coins quit some time ago, as of late I have been looking for value's on the coins and although most of them seem to be not worth allot there is this 1965 Roosevelt dime that got my attension. Because I was not sure that the coin was silver I took it to a jeweller to test the material. To my supprised he it tested possitive for silver. Coukld any one please tell me what the weight should be on this coins?

 

2.5 grams +/-.097 grams if it is silver. 2.27 grams +/- .09 grams if it is clad.

 

Thnx for that, I just weighted the coin on a Champion digital pocket scale and it confirms 2.5grams. Do know what else I can look for to indentify the coin. Or maybe somewhere where I can take the coin to confirm its authenticity. Also I will take the coin back to the jeweller to confirm the weight.

 

Where can I sell the coin?

 

I can't wait to see it.

 

any good auction house will be happy to take it on consignment after it has been certified

 

[h=1]Anacs Coin Grading will do the grading. I am waiting photographer then I can see where this leads. Thnx for the feed back.[/h]

 

And please start a NEW thread when you get the results! Good luck!

 

2.5 grams is good, makes it worthwhile to go to the next step. If you know someone who can do a specific gravity test that would be great (Try talking to your local high school chemistry teacher. A SG test is easy to do with the right equipment and they will have it. Specific gravity testing is often part of the curriculum.) SG for a clad dime is 8.92, for a silver dime it's 10.34 If it passes a SG test is is certainly worth spending the money on authenticating. As for where to sell it, it would do best at one of the major auction houses. If you wanted a more imediate payment there are a few specialist error coin dealers that you could go with. This is NOT the kind of coin you would sell to your local dealer because they would not have the clientele for it and would therefore pay a lot less for it.

 

Thnx for that, I will visit our local high school 2moro. I really appreciate all the feed back from everyone. I was very suprised that information is so easily offered... Thnx all...

 

To be honest the first 5 seconds or so I thought you had something, and you may still do. But it doesn't have that whitish silver look. How about a pic of the edge? I do wish you luck. If it is real it was a good pick.

 

Three Ways to Tell.

There are three ways to tell.
If the edge of the coin has a redish hue and not a solid silver state.
Take a silver dime and clad dime then the 65. Drop them all separtely at the same heigth.
Smell it. Smell a copper nickel clad coin, then a silver coin. A 90% or higher silver coin will smell sweet compared to a copper nickel one.
Wish I could see it. The pictures rock but it hard to be for sure without the coin in hand. Take pictures of the rim when you get a chance.

Hope this helped,
Daniel

 

I'll go out on a limb here.

That coin is clad