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.87 gram dime?

I have a dime that is copper In color .87 g is thin and has ridges on sides any ideas what would cause this.

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  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 11,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^ What he said.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,419 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ^ What they said.

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,010 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Strong acid 💀

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Might have been me. I've made a lot of them over the years. Lol. Nitric acid will do that in a minute or less.

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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,323 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Might have been me. I've made a lot of them over the years. Lol. Nitric acid will do that in a minute or less.

    I've made plenty of these, too, when dorking around in the lab. It's absolutely been acid treated.

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 34,558 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TomB said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    Might have been me. I've made a lot of them over the years. Lol. Nitric acid will do that in a minute or less.

    I've made plenty of these, too, when dorking around in the lab. It's absolutely been acid treated.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,414 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What they all said

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