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Mercury Dime Stamped but not cut?
DDaubner
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To say I'm new to coin collecting would be an understatement. I have inherited my fathers small collection and I'm trying to figure out what I have. Forgive me if this is not the correct place to ask but do you have any idea what this Mercury dime is? Any advice/direction is welome. Thanks.
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Coins are minted on planchets.
Your dime appears to be in some kind of mount.
The coin was inserted into a larger round thing, like the good luck encased coins. It was probably a key chain or something similar.
Mr_Spud
I thought that too but the dime and the outside rim all appear to be one. I can't push the dime through.
On eBay some may claim it was struck on a quarter planchet and a major error.
It is the exact size of a nickel.
When they encase them the machine stamps the metal that encases the coin and it squeezed around the coin and you can’t push it out. Here’s a few examples of similar encased mercury dimes I just googled
Mr_Spud
It’s just a Mercury dime in a mount of some kind. Probably came from a piece of jewelry.
I'd leave it as is for a novelty item. Even though it's a common 43-P you might scratch it up trying to remove it.
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If you study and learn the minting process, you'll easily understand that that what you're claiming can't occur. It's in some type of mount as others have said. Absolutely, not an error.
If you carefully check the edge at 12:00 I bet you'll see evidence of a loop having been attached at one time for use on a charm bracelet or key chain.
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Overstruck on a buffalo nickel with false dies.
Edited to add: Welcome to the forum!
Someone cut a hole in the buffalo nickel and inserted the dime. You can still see some of the obverse detail from the buffalo nickel near the rim.
Thank you all for your input and knowledge.
@DDaubner .... Welcome aboard... Definitely an encased coin...likely jewelry or for a birthday. Cheers, RickO