2009 Unplated Dime

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by tommy cent, Oct 14, 2013.

  1. tommy cent

    tommy cent Active Member

    I will get a few bucks for this on ebay and I dont know what that
    is on his chin looks like a 1.
     

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  3. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Dimes are not plated, they are clad.
    Clad is like an Oreo cookie, a layer of copper between two layers of nickel/copper.
    I'm thinking that, due to the sharpness of the strike, your coin is just discolored.
    If you could post a pic of just the edge, not from an angle but straight on so that all we can see is the edge, you might get a more accurate opinion of your coin.
     
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  4. tommy cent

    tommy cent Active Member

    Ok. and what is that on his chin that looks like a 1?
     

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  5. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    I can see the layers in your edge pics, so no, it's not missing a clad layer, just discolored due to something in the environment it has been in. (buried in the ground?)

    There was a chip (hole) in the die used to strike the coin, leaving that mark on the chin.

    Spender.

    Keep looking, though. There are errors out there to be found.
     
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