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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1522060, member: 15199"]From the photo it looks like damage to a "5" to that resembles a "3". This final number differed very slightly in the length of the tail , and the angle between the top bar and the rounded curve on the bottom right of your number seems to have the spacing of a "5" rather than a "3". </p><p><br /></p><p>Clad metal was not approved or used until after July , 1965, when the mint produced both silver 64 dimes to fulfil orders, and the current year 1965 clad dimes. It is much easier to imagine a sliver planchet being struck 1965 or a 1964 being clad ( there are a few of each) than a 1963 struck on clad, as the material was not in use when 1963 dies were being used.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 1522060, member: 15199"]From the photo it looks like damage to a "5" to that resembles a "3". This final number differed very slightly in the length of the tail , and the angle between the top bar and the rounded curve on the bottom right of your number seems to have the spacing of a "5" rather than a "3". Clad metal was not approved or used until after July , 1965, when the mint produced both silver 64 dimes to fulfil orders, and the current year 1965 clad dimes. It is much easier to imagine a sliver planchet being struck 1965 or a 1964 being clad ( there are a few of each) than a 1963 struck on clad, as the material was not in use when 1963 dies were being used. Jim[/QUOTE]
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