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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kellyrae18, post: 2532124, member: 61803&quot;]So I was reading about a split planchet on a website someone on here gave me... Could this dime possibly be that?</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied what it says on the site along with the picture they have posted...... </p><p>The coin to the left is an example of a split </p><p>planchet.&nbsp; Planchets can split before or after the </p><p>coin is struck.&nbsp; The example to the left was split </p><p>after the strike.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A split cent planchet is usually the result of deep </p><p>laminations due to poorly mixed metals or </p><p>impurities.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin splits after striking, the result is usually a </p><p>coin that is fully struck on one side, and may or </p><p>may not show a phantom strike on the other due to</p><p>pressure.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin splits before striking, the result is usually a</p><p>weakly struck coin due to the fact that the split </p><p>planchet is too thin to fill the space between the </p><p>dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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