Missing Clad Layer Dime 2011d

Hey so it's been a while, but I found this copper colored dime and at the moment I don't have the means to weight it properly to be sure, so are there any other ways to test if it's missing a clad layer? I'm assuming not. Or is there anything you're seeing that might rule it out as a missing clad layer dime, maybe it is just a brilliantly toned coin. I personally think it's quite a beautiful coin regardless. And yes, it's copper colored on both sides which I understand to be atypical of missing clads, but I also read it is possible. So, thoughts?

 

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Weight is a good way to check. However, yours seems to have altered surfaces. The color isn’t right for a missing clad layer. @paddyman98 @cpm9ball and @JCro57 might have an example to show you what they look like. I’m afraid I do not. Good luck in your searching!

 

Thank you! I've looked at some examples on heritage auctions, but it's just photos. I wish I could have physical coins to compare with. That'd be great haha!

 

If it's not missing clad, would it just be toned then?

 

It could be chemically altered. That’s what I think I see. It looks like some of the clad is still on the obverse.

 

A missing clad layer usually occurs just on only one side of a clad coin. So it is not missing both clad layers.
Looks to be toning or maybe Improperly Annealed.

Here are examples of missing Clad Layer. Look at each label and you will see that it says On Reverse or On Obverse..
From my collection -

The other sides look perfectly normal.

 

@Sarah Keele

FWIW, I would probably have a hard time determining if a coin was missing a clad layer if I found it in circulation. Even if I had a scale to weigh it, it would seem to me that the difference in weight (less than one-half of a gram) for a coin like a dime would be very slight.

On the other hand, this Kennedy half dollar was very easy to spot because I found it in a bag that I purchased directly from the Mint.


Chris

 

Show us the edge if you could

 

It looks like any other NGC slab!

 

I meant the OP coin

 

Will do in a little bit. What would you be looking to see with the edge?

 

Although it could be copper wash (on the OP's dime),
I believe, from the photos, it's been copper plated.

Yes, an edge photo would be helpful - post it, and we'll
tell you why.

 

(op coin left, 2018d on the right)

 

okay!

 

Based on the 'dirty' dull reeding on the OP's
edge shot (on the left side), it's been copper
plated.

A mis-annealed planchet, or 'copper wash'
would show sharp reeding (like on the right)
and it wouldn't be the darker, dirtier color
of the coin's edge on the left.

...and, the obv. and reverse photos do not
show the 'luster' it would have if it were
mis-annealed.

 

So interesting! Thank you!

 

I couldn't resist!

Chris

 

Here's some microscope pics, of this coin if anyone else down the road finds something similar and want to compare.

 

If it was copper plated, wouldn't the edge have been plated too and the color difference not showing?

 

I was referring to the photo of the
two dimes laying flat on a surface.

The coin in question, on the left side,
does not show 'new' sharp reeding, imo,
and shows the coin has been circulated.

Based on the surfaces and luster, and
that 'laying flat' photo, it's not mis-annealed,
in my view.