Can somebody please explain to me how this happens...

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  1. Alexa Reign

    Alexa Reign New Member

    This is a dime i found in my change, 1990D but all deformed and corroded...idk but i would definitely appreciate any info or knowledge on the it if possible ✌️
     

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  3. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    2 things going on with your Dime..
    1st - A Dime has a Clad layer. When extreme heat is applied to it then a bubble can form which is what you see on the Obverse side on his forehead. That is damage.
    2nd - The color is due to Environmental Damage. It was a result of a fire or it could of been buried in dirt for a good amount of time. Nice way of say it's dirty :yack:

    It is not a Mint Error
     
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  4. Dave363

    Dave363 Well-Known Member

    Wow @paddyman98 .Hit it right on the head which he always does. LOL

    Welcome To Cointalk
    Dave
     
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    It happens when a coin is exposed to the elements and gets discoloration (environmental damage, as explained above).

    As to the pitting or pockmarks- whatever that is- it's damage. Could be heat-related, as @paddyman98 suggested, or also could be a byproduct of corrosion (environmental damage, again). Or the coin could simply have been beaten up. Or immersed in salt water for a while, or buried- as mentioned.

    It's damage, regardless, and not an error, and since this is a copper-nickel clad dime and not a silver one, it's worth face value... ten cents. Spend this one and keep on lookin'!
     
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  6. Alexa Reign

    Alexa Reign New Member

    Lol thanks guys and good to know, just haven't seen a dime this beat up before i guess sooo yes, very much appreciated
     
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  7. Alexa Reign

    Alexa Reign New Member

    Are there any error dimes that aren't silver?
     
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  8. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    Of course.. Google Mint Error Dimes
    Probably thousands!
     
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Sure. I have this 2001-P clad dime that was struck with a missing clad layer, meaning the obverse side with FDR's head got struck on what should have been the innermost copper core.

    (Clad coins are like a "sandwich", with two outer layers of copper-nickel and an inner core of pure copper. It's like this one is an open-faced sandwich missing one of the pieces of bread, if you know what I mean.)

    There are of course many other error types, but I personally am not interested in small, subtle errors you need a lens to see. I like 'em dramatic, like this- or like visibly off-center coins.

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  10. Alexa Reign

    Alexa Reign New Member

    Lmfao yeah ok I'm wishin on shooting stars mabey but can you help me with this one...
     

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  11. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    What do you want to know about it?
    What do you see?
    I see a normal circulated Cent.
     
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  12. Alexa Reign

    Alexa Reign New Member

    Thats freakin amazing man u have never seen some [edited] like that now do people just find these in their spare change and bank rolls or whatever?
     
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  13. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    It happens!

    But dramatic errors like that are rather scarce finds, which is why they're worth more. The one I posted above isn't hugely expensive as error coins go, but respectable. (I paid about 60 bucks for it.)

    (The off-center British shilling I linked to, on the other hand, cost me closer to 500 bucks, but that's a pretty darned scarce error on an earlier type from the 1820s.)

    I have found blank planchet and clipped planchet errors in penny and nickel rolls from the bank. Those were more modest in value, but fun finds. (Even though I'm technically not an error coin collector.)
     
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  14. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    BTW, CoinTalk rules prohibit the use of swear words even if you replace letters with symbols and "***" like you did. I had to edit your post, though I know you didn't mean anything by it.
     
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  15. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Post by thread author deleted and warning issued. You are welcome here, @Alexa Reign, and we'd love to talk coins with you, but please mind your manners and keep your language in check.

    Please read here.
     
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  16. Clawcoins

    Clawcoins Damaging Coins Daily

    Back when i did arc welding and torch cutting like that we were taught to remove all metal from your pockets. Even coins. So they'd sometimes sit a foot or two away. once in a while you'd move the torch away from what you are working on and torch the coins. Ahh .. coin error making at it's best :)
     
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  17. JCro57

    JCro57 Making Errors Great Again

    Here are some genuine Mint error dimes in my collection.

    Off-center Roosevelt clad dime
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    Nickel stamped on clad dime planchet
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    Mercury Dime centered broadstrike on 10c type 1 Blank
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    Full Torch Roosevelt clad dime broadstrike (look at bottom at "ONE DIME)
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    Cent on clad Dime planchet
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    Cent on clad dime planchet, double denomination

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  18. JCro57

    JCro57 Making Errors Great Again

    What a beauty; awesome clad layer error
     
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  19. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Trade ya for that broadstruck '44 Merc or the double-denom "11-cent piece"! ;)
     
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  20. paddyman98

    paddyman98 I'm a professional expert in specializing! Supporter

    @JCro57 I know you don't really collect clipped Mint Errors but here is a neat one I have -
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    And -
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    @Alexa Reign
    I hope you like the Dime Errors we have shown you

    Peace :angelic:
     
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  21. JCro57

    JCro57 Making Errors Great Again

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