Hello again, well i found this dime a few months ago and finaily got time to start posting about all the error coins ive found at my stores. Well found this dime in the vertical automatic changer at my store and thought it was a silver dime because it was a solid color on the side, but when i got it out i notice it was a post 64, 1981 dime made in Pennsylvania, and had some wierd lines on the back of the dime. i took it to my boss at my other store and he told me it was due to a crack in the die, but im still unsure about the soild layer on the side. Here are some high res pictures. Just click on them and again to zoom in.
it might have been, but what to proofs look like? do the plate them to like more shiny? But that line on the back looks odd either way.
That's what i was talking about. I took it to my boss who sells coins in our shop and he told me it looks like a cracked die. im just wondering if any one else has found something similar to this.
Way COOL. love screw ups, looks like something was on the planchet when struck. I have a similar dime not as big as yours but it stll one of my favorite coins. nice find.
The coin was buffed and plated. That thing on the reverse is the remnant of a clip of some sort added and used to turn the coin into a lapel pin or cuff link. Without the rest of the added piece, I can't tell which. It's not a cracked die scenario, nor is it any kind of struck through error. In fact it is no error at all. Thanks, Bill
if it was dipped in something, shouldn't the lettering and other details be closer together and less prominent?
That's what I was referring to above. The details look fuzzy and not crisp. When you say dipped it almost sounds like you are thinking like dipping it into paint. But the plating process involves putting the coin in a watery chemical solution and then the bonding is done either chemically or electically just putting a very thin layer on the coin. So you notice it more on the fine lines or the details of the coin more than you do around the letters. Also it has been said many times before, there are alot of dealers out there who are very bad with error coins. It doesn't mean they are bad dealers. Error coins require a different set of skills than other areas of coin collecting. I would be cautious taking another error coin back to this dealer.
