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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AceMcCrank, post: 1534676, member: 40486&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Not really a collector, so...</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">I was at work and opened up a roll of pennies. Immediately I noticed something as a little off as when I do, I usually take out any foreign coins (mostly Canadian, sometimes other places). But this was a dime, completely copper-colored. 1985-D. Out of novelty, I swapped for it and took it home for closer inspection, after my one manager passed up the opportunity.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Diameter: same as a dime.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Thickness: Same as a penny.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Now, I&#039;ve been looking around, I haven&#039;t been able to get any information. Apparently there is &quot;no way&quot; for a dime to be struck on a penny planchet. But looking at this, there is no way this was just plated with copper either, and it does actually weight slightly less than a standard dime. (I don&#039;t have a scale, but I was able to balance weigh it vs another dime.)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">My question is: how could this happen? And, if this is real, how much would it be worth?</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">By the way, I have plenty of other coins I&#039;d like you guys to look at.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Pics to follow, best I could get, will try to get better ones.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">[ATTACH]203587.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]203588.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]203590.vB[/ATTACH]</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">(High-res links)</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://i.imgur.com/2x7Qk.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.imgur.com/2x7Qk.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/2x7Qk.jpg</a></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://i.imgur.com/T297d.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.imgur.com/T297d.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/T297d.jpg</a></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><a href="http://i.imgur.com/kQstH.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.imgur.com/kQstH.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/kQstH.jpg</a></font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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