Happy Monday! Haven’t been here in awhile. Took a vacation from the old interwebs. so yesterday found this dime. Color is uniform throughout the coin and on the edging. it weights 2.25 grams so I don’t believe it would be a missing cladding. So my first guess is annealing Any help?
Thank you for the link and input. So what I a fairly rough texture on the obverse be caused by that or would it just be more prone to environmental damage because of that type of error in circulation
They usually have a rough grainy texture and what appears to be black roller marks on the coin.It could actually be a ground find,i don't think so but just in case(@paddyman98)what do you think?.
Not going to argue but i'm going to point out,if being a ground find pretty surprising how the edge remains so intact.Details for the coin overall are nice and the coin is only around 0.3 grams light.Some of the improperly annealed planchets iv'e seen look like ground finds to me but are not,these can get pretty confusing.
No major damage that I can see to the edging or anything like that. It was found in one of my less used registers in my store. Those black small marks on my coin are not the usual sticky crap. It appears to be stains And what really caught my eye was the consistency of the toning on the coin
Nope, not improperly annealed. Please refer to this passage on CT post 9-18: "The edges of an improperly annealed planchet (according to Fred W.) should look like a normal coin. Annealing only affects a thin surface layer of the metal."
Ok I guess it is just environmental damage then.Well the edge is supposed to have a copper coating along the edge similar to the color of the coin in this case.But your right its rather to dirty,dark and to intense to be mint fresh.
