Welcome Dean! With the curent info, I see the word Dime so Im going to guess 10 cents at this point. Now if we had a picture, maybe a better description of what ya have there, we can be a lot more help. -Bobby
Howdy dean - Welcome to the Forum !! Based on your description you may have a dime struck on an unclad planchet. Or you may have an altered coin where the cladding was removed. A picture would be most helpful to try and answer your question.
a dime is a dime -- copper on one side (i could draw it with crayons) A dime is ten cents son always has been always will be/this one is copper on one side if you need a pcture i can draw you one with crayons
dime I thought it was unclad by apperance --the color seems consistant with the alloy in the center of a dime, is a dime unclad on one side worth anything?
That depends - if it is a genuine unclad planchet, it could be yes. But that's why I asked for a picture - so I can tell if it is. With error coins becoming more and more popular - many of them have been faked or altered for sale to unknowledgeable collectors.
i didnt want to sound like a fool, i have collected for 25 yrs. mainly merc dimes,buff nickles and wheat pennies. i have some franklin mint crap that was given to me- silver dollar size coins-famous americans- babe ruth, 1970 -24 coins in folder prob. worth $24.00
I was at the store the lady says this is a strange dime and i quickly gave her a dime for it-- it is very shinny and appears un altered
upon closer inspection its a nickle -Jus Kidding looking with glass pc. the ring around the edge is un true maening that it is irregular like the press was off a little, by the date the edge is almost nonexistant.
Your descriptions are beginning to make me think it is altered - acid treated to remove the clad layer. Since you've been a collector for some time then you know as well as I do that the value of any coin is dependent on its condition. That applies to missing clad errors as well. Some of them have sold for as much 2 or 3 hundred - others for 5 to 10. It all depends on who the buyer is - as always.
value of a coin When one is activly buying the coins seem to be worth plenty, when times are hard, good luck getting a little more than face value
Hi dean US coin digest gives a clad planchet missing clad layer a rarity level 5-6 with a value of 35.00 and up this of course would be dependant upon the coin being attributed as genuine, Rick
