1885 Seated Dime... Counterfeit??
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Got this piece today at the "pre Civil War" house where I found the 1930s ring earlier this year. It rang up just about as a zincoln would. When I pulled it out I thought it was lead but it wiped clean too easily, almost like silver would. Got it home and inspected it... first side... entirely blank. Turn it over... it has a design!! what is it? Wait a second... it's a seated dime?? I can read 1885. The question is... is it real? Something traumatic has obviously happened to it. It sort of looks like there are tiny holes in it in places, like it's hollow. Weight is 2.0 grams even. Any chance this thing's real?
Written after initial post: I put a drop of silver testing solution and it turned a darker reddish color, which generally indicates it is silver. If it was lead or tin, it would have turned yellow...
Also found what I think is a dog tag from 1926?
Written after initial post: I put a drop of silver testing solution and it turned a darker reddish color, which generally indicates it is silver. If it was lead or tin, it would have turned yellow...
Also found what I think is a dog tag from 1926?
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Yours almost looks like it had more heat to it though, to make it have that wrinkle effect around the edges.
you said you tested and came up positive for silver,then I would say it went
through one serious fire.
HH,Tom
1836 Capped Liberty
dime. My oldest US
detecting find so far.
I dig almost every
signal I get for the most
part. Go figure...
-Weinman Fan
<< <i>Sure looks like a fire damaged coin...Is the reverse totally blank? Or is some trace of design left? May also have been intended as a love token before the fire. Cheers, RickO >>
The reverse is entirely blank. Maybe it was a love token from a love gone wrong!