@davewesen said:
a dime planchet, but 90% silver? strange for a 1968
My thoughts too. With missing IGWT and partial rims. Def. a wrong planchet. Most probably silver dime as you mentioned yet I also wondered a foreign contract planchet struck on U.S. dies?
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I have one too.


OOOOK... fine....
How much of that 'color' is tarnish, and how much is lighting? Cheers, RickO
The better question:
"How much of that 'color' is copper, and how much is silver?"
a dime planchet, but 90% silver? strange for a 1968
My thoughts too. With missing IGWT and partial rims. Def. a wrong planchet. Most probably silver dime as you mentioned yet I also wondered a foreign contract planchet struck on U.S. dies?
Edited - thought it was a “post your” thread. Nice Lincoln!