1999 dime without ridges

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Loucee78
Loucee78 Posts: 1 ✭
edited October 31, 2023 8:45PM in U.S. Coin Forum

I received a dime the other day that doesn't have ridges. It doesn't seem to be worn away. It is slightly discolored around the edge, a copper like color, and it is thicker than a regular dime. Any idea how I could see if this is a misprint? Please lmk what you think.

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  • Bigbuck1975
    Bigbuck1975 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Dryer coin?

  • coinbuf
    coinbuf Posts: 12,567 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It has been spooned, not an error just the result of someone with to much time on their hands.

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  • World67
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    @Bigbuck1975 said:
    Dryer coin?

    My thought also.

  • COCollector
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    Compare the size of your dime with an ordinary dime. I bet your dime is visibly smaller.

    This can occur when a coin is "spooned" (tapping/hammering a coin's edge with a spoon).

    For example, my cent on the left was spooned...

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  • 2windy2fish
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    Not so sure on this one..the edges are extremely sharp, don’t think this was a spoon job…
    Can we please see photos of the obverse and reverse?

  • Steven59
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    Ruffles have ridges, dimes have reeds :)

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  • cheezhed
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    Not a misprint.

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  • JBK
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    Dryer coin. Not an error.

    It was stuck in a machine where it went round and round, slowly banging the edges until it is as you see it now.

  • jmlanzaf
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    @JBK said:
    Dryer coin. Not an error.

    It was stuck in a machine where it went round and round, slowly banging the edges until it is as you see it now.

    Not a dryer coin. It was spooned. On a dryer coin, the coin is worn down. On a spooned coin the edges get raised. Look at the far side of the image. The edge is raised not worn down.

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  • Greenstang
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    Coins are minted or struck, banknotes are printed.
    Doesn’t matter if it is spooned or a dryer coin, it is still damage and worth 10 cents.

  • FredWeinberg
    FredWeinberg Posts: 6,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Spooned/tapped/damaged

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  • World67
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @JBK said:
    Dryer coin. Not an error.

    It was stuck in a machine where it went round and round, slowly banging the edges until it is as you see it now.

    Not a dryer coin. It was spooned. On a dryer coin, the coin is worn down. On a spooned coin the edges get raised. Look at the far side of the image. The edge is raised not worn down.

    I've seen both come from a dryer. The flat coins get caught and don't move as the barrel turns. "Spooned" coins bang around freely and get the raised edge.

  • telephoto1
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    Rolled rim, aka spooned coin


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  • jmlanzaf
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    @Manifest_Destiny said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @JBK said:
    Dryer coin. Not an error.

    It was stuck in a machine where it went round and round, slowly banging the edges until it is as you see it now.

    Not a dryer coin. It was spooned. On a dryer coin, the coin is worn down. On a spooned coin the edges get raised. Look at the far side of the image. The edge is raised not worn down.

    I've seen both come from a dryer. The flat coins get caught and don't move as the barrel turns. "Spooned" coins bang around freely and get the raised edge.

    Raising the edge from banging is not the same as a uniformly raised edge. The only way that could harken in a dryer if it was spooned by the dryer but I don't think I've ever seen a dryer that had a gap that wide. (The coin would have to be rotated 90 degrees from normal.)

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  • JBK
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    Whatever the machine was, that coin was in one. (Stuck in a coin counting machine, perhaps? Those can decimate a coin pretty quickly).

    I've seen lots of modem rolled edges and the all look like they got that way - intentionally or unintentionally - through a repetitive mechanical process.

    I tried to spoon a coin once to just remove the reeds and it is a lot harder than most would think.

    I don't believe that someone went to all the trouble to manually spoon a modern dime with such uniformity just to spend it.

  • World67
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    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Manifest_Destiny said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @JBK said:
    Dryer coin. Not an error.

    It was stuck in a machine where it went round and round, slowly banging the edges until it is as you see it now.

    Not a dryer coin. It was spooned. On a dryer coin, the coin is worn down. On a spooned coin the edges get raised. Look at the far side of the image. The edge is raised not worn down.

    I've seen both come from a dryer. The flat coins get caught and don't move as the barrel turns. "Spooned" coins bang around freely and get the raised edge.

    Raising the edge from banging is not the same as a uniformly raised edge. The only way that could harken in a dryer if it was spooned by the dryer but I don't think I've ever seen a dryer that had a gap that wide. (The coin would have to be rotated 90 degrees from normal.)

    Dryer coins can look like this:

    No one sits around for hours spooning modern clad coins. Think horses not zebras.

  • jmlanzaf
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    edited November 1, 2023 3:34PM
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    @Manifest_Destiny said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @Manifest_Destiny said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @JBK said:
    Dryer coin. Not an error.

    It was stuck in a machine where it went round and round, slowly banging the edges until it is as you see it now.

    Not a dryer coin. It was spooned. On a dryer coin, the coin is worn down. On a spooned coin the edges get raised. Look at the far side of the image. The edge is raised not worn down.

    I've seen both come from a dryer. The flat coins get caught and don't move as the barrel turns. "Spooned" coins bang around freely and get the raised edge.

    Raising the edge from banging is not the same as a uniformly raised edge. The only way that could harken in a dryer if it was spooned by the dryer but I don't think I've ever seen a dryer that had a gap that wide. (The coin would have to be rotated 90 degrees from normal.)

    Dryer coins can look like this:

    No one sits around for hours spooning modern clad coins. Think horses not zebras.

    Actually, I know 2 people that do it to create collectibles.

    The OP coin is far too uniform with no damage visible.

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  • Steven59
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    @Manifest_Destiny said:
    No one sits around for hours spooning modern clad coins.

    "Ehem".................

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  • jmlanzaf
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    @Steven59 said:

    @Manifest_Destiny said:
    No one sits around for hours spooning modern clad coins.

    "Ehem".................

    Lol.

    Prisoners aside, I imagine that most modern spooning is done with power tools.

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  • cladking
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    @2windy2fish said:
    Not so sure on this one..the edges are extremely sharp, don’t think this was a spoon job…
    Can we please see photos of the obverse and reverse?

    It's probably just spooned but I've never seen anything quite like it.

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  • ChrisH821
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    I would call it swaged rather than spooned

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  • COCollector
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    edited November 2, 2023 2:47PM
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    @ChrisH821 said:
    I would call it swaged rather than spooned

    Of course it can't be spooned...

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