What appeares to be a dime strike

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nsguy
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What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by nsguy » Tue Jun 07, 2022 1:26 pm

Here are a few pictures of this coin I found in a 10 cent roll. It is definitely a dime strike because of the bluenose on the reverse. It is smaller than a regular dime and it is not round. Could it be a strike on the wrong planchet? The dime2 picture has a regular dime underneath, you can see the size difference. Dime 1 picture has the regular dime side by side to the strange coin. Dime 3 and 4 pictures show the obverse and the reverse of the coin. It is a 1968 to 1989 dime obverse. Any ideas on how it came to be.
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coinguy
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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by coinguy » Tue Jun 07, 2022 3:33 pm

What is the weight?
It is possible it was struck on a wrong planchet as it seems thinner
causing the weak strike.

nsguy
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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by nsguy » Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:07 pm

2.65 grams is the weight. It has a smaller in diameter than a normal dime and it looks like it is not perfectly round like a normal dime.

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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by nsguy » Tue Jun 07, 2022 4:08 pm

my weight was wrong, it is 1.88 grams.

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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by Bill in Burl » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:01 pm

Maybe a "dryer coin" or someone playing games.

Go through this old thread and many many others that deal with dryer coins and what they look like. They are NOT banging around inside the dryer:
https://www.coincommunity.com/forum/top ... hichpage=1
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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by nsguy » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:29 pm

I had previously ruled out the dryer coin. If you look closely at the rim you will see that it is uniform all the way around and that the coin is not perfectly round. If it was a dryer coin then the rim would not have been uniform all the way around. Thank you for your input.

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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by Bill in Burl » Tue Jun 07, 2022 5:44 pm

Well, dryer coins in all shapes and sizes, as well as appearance. It didn't come from a mint that way.
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Re: What appeares to be a dime strike

Post by nsguy » Tue Jun 07, 2022 6:08 pm

Are you 100 percent sure that it did not come from the mint like that. I am not so sure.

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