error coin - what do you call this one?

BigGreek

The picture sucks but I hope you can see that the rims are raised
up to the thickness of a quarter. The coin appears normal, otherwise.
Can't see how this could be post-mint.



My brother found it in change years ago. Said he noticed it since it
wouldn't fit into a coin slot.

Worth anything?

dtkk49a

Almost looks like its struck on the wrong planchet. Is the edge reeded ? can't tell from the pic.
Very interesting. Post more pics.

BigGreek

The edge is smooth but this may be from wear. The planchet looks
like a standard nickel clad copper dime. It looks like either the coin
was struck with too much pressure or without the collar. Ofcourse
I am no expert and can only guess.

windwhispersintrees

How does the diameter compare to a normal dime?
Do you have any other pictures, like closeup of the edge and the reverse?

Possibly made post-mint by rolling the dime on edge under heavy pressure to upraise the rim & squash the reeding flat?
Or, a machining experiment/magician's coin?

Baley

tap tap with a spoon, tap tap tap!

tap tap tap, drill out the center, make a ring!

Vet

<< <i>tap tap with a spoon, tap tap tap!

tap tap tap, drill out the center, make a ring! >>



I have a liberty nickel the same way.

BigGreek

<< <i>How does the diameter compare to a normal dime?
Do you have any other pictures, like closeup of the edge and the reverse?

Possibly made post-mint by rolling the dime on edge under heavy pressure to upraise the rim & squash the reeding flat?
Or, a machining experiment/magician's coin? >>



The dime is a hair smaller in diameter than a normal dime. I'm starting
to think it was post-mint made by either tapping or rolling. Thanks for
the help!

dorkkarl

post-mint damage. someone's rolled the coin to raise the rims. i've seen quite a few older coins w/ this type of damage, esp. large cents

K S

poptopsRus

This is what happens when you leave a dime in your pocket and it comes loose in the dryer. It tumbles over and over beating the rim in raising the rim and wearing the reeding away. Sorry but not an error.

tmot99

I had a penny like that. Not an error. Post mint as others have said.

LALASD4

Cannot tell from the picture, is it like this?

grip

I cant tell by the scan,but but sure looks like...tap,tap,(spoon)drill,ring .
..Big greek,weigh the coin.........should be 2.50 grams......................I had the wrong weight.
Al

errormaven

<< <i>Cannot tell from the picture, is it like this?

Your 1997 cent shows "finning" of the rim. It has no relationship to the dime that was the original focus of the thread. The dime was rolled and squeezed to a smaller diameter outside the mint. The cent is a genuine error. Finning results from overall excessive striking pressure or increased localized striking pressure due to a slight degree of die tilt.

-- Mike Diamond

LALASD4

Your 1997 cent shows "finning" of the rim. It has no relationship to the dime that was the original focus of the thread. The dime was rolled and squeezed to a smaller diameter outside the mint. The cent is a genuine error. Finning results from overall excessive striking pressure or increased localized striking pressure due to a slight degree of die tilt.

I know, I was just not sure since the dime picture is kind of out of focus.

seanq

Someone posted a bunch of coins on eBay a while back that were recovered from the insides of commercial washing machines, they looked exactly like the dime at the start of this thread. Some that spent more time in the spin cycle looked even more dramatic than that. I actually bid on the lot as a curiosity but lost, I wish now I'd saved the picture.


Sean Reynolds