One Sided Dime???

So i found this in a roll of dimes I got from the bank. Never seen anything like it..

 

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It is not a mint error, it's damaged. Someone ground the obverse off of that coin.

 

It appears to have been ground down, probably with a Dremel or similar. Even the obverse appears to have been buffed. Perhaps someone with a new tool kit playing around.

 

ok thank you

 

Yikes, that coin looks awful! Ha, ha! Someone sure did a number on that one.

 

Just saw PM then thread. Keep looking. Be not discouraged.

 

Don't be discouraged, there are more interesting coins out there to find!

 

Im sorry, I do not think its a mint error either. Welcome to Coin Talk Though!

 

I keep stuff like this when I find it roll searching. I've got a couple with stickers from CeCes Pizza. They aren't worth anything but conversation pieces.

 

So I was reading about a split planchet on a website someone on here gave me... Could this dime possibly be that?

I copied what it says on the site along with the picture they have posted......
The coin to the left is an example of a split
planchet. Planchets can split before or after the
coin is struck. The example to the left was split
after the strike.

A split cent planchet is usually the result of deep
laminations due to poorly mixed metals or
impurities.

If a coin splits after striking, the result is usually a
coin that is fully struck on one side, and may or
may not show a phantom strike on the other due to
pressure.

If a coin splits before striking, the result is usually a
weakly struck coin due to the fact that the split
planchet is too thin to fill the space between the
dies.

 

Notice the difference between the surface of the split planchet coin and the altered coin.

 

That's what has me looking at this, they almost look like separate coins altogether.
Not almost they do look like different coins. It's Friday my eyes are tired I gotta be missing the obvious here.

 

Welcome to CT! We see the results of busy little hands quite often.

 

Are you talking about the dime or the penny

 

Grinding would leave circular marks. The lines on the obverse of the coin all radiate from the center.

@Kellyrae18 can you post the pics so they show up in the post rather than as an attachment? Also, have you weighed the coin?

 

How do i do that

 

Wheat cent, theres no pennies here.

 

At the bottom of the reply window there is a button to upload pics from your computer. It's next to the Post Reply button. After you upload the files there are two buttons associated with the picture. One is Thumbnail the other is Full Image. Click on the full image button. That will make your pic show up inside the post.

 

It has not been ground down. Initially I thought "torched" but no heat bubbles so...this may be some actual Strike Thru but I've never seen one like it and still believe it is not a product of the US Mint.