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EZ_Money
Penny Pincher Member
USA
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 Posted - 05/24/2010 : 17:05:15
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I have a question. I was edge sorting dimes today for some silver. I came across a 1975 dime with no mintmark that was all silver on the edges. It is very shiny on front, back, and edges. It almost looks like it is all nickel, there is no copper showing on any edge. I decided to check it with a magnet (a pick-up tool), and it will pick it up but the magnet will not pick up any other dimes. Could this dime be all nickel? Or is there any other thing it could be that I am missing?
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Halves searched:$14,445.50
90% found: 122
40% found: 481
Dimes Searched $2100
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SANITARIUM_INMATE
Penny Pincher Member
211 Posts |
Posted - 05/24/2010 : 20:17:08
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| could be an off metal error. Weigh it and see what it comes to. |
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EZ_Money
Penny Pincher Member
USA
125 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2010 : 10:42:23
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| it weighs 2.3 grams like a normal dime... |
Running total:
Halves searched:$14,445.50
90% found: 122
40% found: 481
Dimes Searched $2100
Found: 5 |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2010 : 13:08:47
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I suspect it's a counterfeit, possibly made out of a steel slug or a restamped Canadian dime.
The US Mint has never made any coins out of pure nickel, so there are no nickel planchets to get mistakenly sent through the dime stamping line. |
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EZ_Money
Penny Pincher Member
USA
125 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2010 : 16:28:45
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| It doesn't stick to a mag like steel. I think it is pure nickel. Well I guess it goes into the unusual coin bag... |
Running total:
Halves searched:$14,445.50
90% found: 122
40% found: 481
Dimes Searched $2100
Found: 5 |
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 05/25/2010 : 19:00:14
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I do believe the US mint has made dimes for Canada before, or vice versa..... remember reading something like that.
I would guess it could very likely be a US dime made on a Canadian planchet.
Very Cool find!!!!! |
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Cerulean
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
993 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 13:18:34
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Originally posted by EZ_Money
It doesn't stick to a mag like steel. I think it is pure nickel. Well I guess it goes into the unusual coin bag...
Pure nickel IS magnetic! |
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EZ_Money
Penny Pincher Member
USA
125 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 17:31:36
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Originally posted by Cerulean
quote:
Originally posted by EZ_Money
It doesn't stick to a mag like steel. I think it is pure nickel. Well I guess it goes into the unusual coin bag...
Pure nickel IS magnetic!
It does stick to a magnet. Doesn't seem to stick like a steel Canadian nickel does though. I don't have any pure nickel dimes to compare it to. Could be of course the nickel has much more mass to attract to the magnet... |
Running total:
Halves searched:$14,445.50
90% found: 122
40% found: 481
Dimes Searched $2100
Found: 5 |
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Robarons
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
522 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 20:20:08
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The fact is that if your dime actively sticks to a magnet makes it nickel or steel. There really isnt a middle ground on magnetisism- it either sticks or it doesnt. For the most part there isnt an alloy made by either mint that will attract slightly.
For what its worth I found a 1974 .999 nickel Can. Dime and it weighs 2.1 grams on my scale and does react to a magnet. A Can. nickel weighs 4.54 grams and will stick harder to a magnet.
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wolvesdad
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - 05/26/2010 : 21:34:10
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and the plot thickens.
Oh, and as Robarans himself illustrates.... there can be 'strengths' or degrees of magnetism depending on the weight, magnetic metal content, alloy composition, etc. |
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