What do you think guys?....First let me say that the dime is all silver, there is no copper exposed at all, except the edge...The date appears to be 2010 but if you look at it the right way you can see the 0 is a 6...Also the middle of the dime is raised up....It shows more on the obverse but it also shows on the reverse too. Also "In God We Trust" looks like it is streaked. Plus a 1982 D dime, the D seems to be mostly filled in. Thanks ahead of time!
So you are not saying that the composition is silver but silver in color, as in clad? Correct? I agree that it is a 2016 Dime. What looks like very bad Die Deterioration! The 1982 Mint Mark looks like it took a good hit.. judging by the date which looks like it took a hit also.. circulation wear
As paddyman98 said and another fine example of the lack of quality coming from Philadelphia. Notice the flow of the metal also, another sign of die deterioration.
paddyman98 what I was trying to say about the silver is, Look at 2010 DIME2 and 2010 DIME5 REVERSE....Both photos show the true color of the coin...The other photos show a little copper tint here and there, and that is not correct....I took the photos with a brand new USB microscope but somehow the lighting just wasn't right I guess... Thank you and the other people for your insight...It is very much appreciated!
I found a similar dime myself, I tucked it away and was planning on posting it here to get feedback. I'll take pics and post it soon.
Looks more like a very low quality planchet to me more so that bad die. Metal was too thin so didn't make good contact with the die?
I find this noteworthy because of the low quality. I see lots and lots of extremely good quality 2016-P dimes in circulation. In fact, most of them are just plain gorgeous.
I've seen my share of nice ones but seem to keep finding more late stage coins than early stage. I don't do boxes like Heater does on dimes, just what I find in circulation.
