A dime making question

[Curry]

When the mint makes the dimes do they stamp it and make the edges reeded or is it two separate processes?

[RWB]

All at once

[Curry]

All at once

Thanks. It's just that I found a modern dime with no reeded edge.

[BillJones]

All at once

Thanks. It's just that I found a modern dime with no reeded edge.

 

It was either struck outside of the collar, which is the tool that imparts the reeded edge (which is unusual and should have a large than normal diameter if it is genuine), or it was altered outside of the mint. I've read that prisoners do this with a spoon, but it's hard to believe they would do it on anything smaller than a quarter.

[yonico]

All at once

Thanks. It's just that I found a modern dime with no reeded edge.

 

It was either struck outside of the collar, which is the tool that imparts the reeded edge (which is unusual and should have a large than normal diameter if it is genuine), or it was altered outside of the mint. I've read that prisoners do this with a spoon, but it's hard to believe they would do it on anything smaller than a quarter.

 

Why

[dimefreak]

All at once

Thanks. It's just that I found a modern dime with no reeded edge.

 

It was either struck outside of the collar, which is the tool that imparts the reeded edge (which is unusual and should have a large than normal diameter if it is genuine), or it was altered outside of the mint. I've read that prisoners do this with a spoon, but it's hard to believe they would do it on anything smaller than a quarter.

 

Why

 

 

You can make it into a ring or sort of jewlery

[RWB]

Check the diameter against a normal dime. Larger = maybe something interesting; smaller = someone killing time (or doing time?)

[Curry]

Check the diameter against a normal dime. Larger = maybe something interesting; smaller = someone killing time (or doing time?)

What about same size? The coin Is from 2000 but my mom had it in her jar for like 10 years

[AHFreak]

I have heard that when a dime gets left in the laundry that it can completely lose its reeded edge after bouncing around on tumble dry... maybe a possibility.

[Raisethis2]

^^^ that would not be possible.

[Curry]

^^^ that would not be possible.

Why would that be not possible? It is a possibility.

[AHFreak]

^^^ that would not be possible.

 

Oh, have you put a dime in the dryer to find out what is or is not possible?

Sounds like some more of those opinions that are stated to look like facts.

[RWB]

A plain edge and exactly the same diameter as a normal dime suggests in-person examination by someone familiar with mint errors. Modern dimes were never issues with a plain edge, and an edge reeding omission is hugely far-fetched.

 

Compare the dime edge to that of a cent. Look for irregularities on the dime.

[AHFreak]

What I should have said, is that if you found a modern dime without the reeded edge, it probably got that way from being left in the dryer...

 

Back when I was just a young po boy, I did my laundry at the Laundromat

 

Found more than one dime without a reeded edge..... in the dryer

[Curry]

What I should have said, is that if you found a modern dime without the reeded edge, it probably got that way from being left in the dryer...

 

Back when I was just a young po boy, I did my laundry at the Laundromat

 

Found more than one dime without a reeded edge..... in the dryer

I guess from all the rowing around I guess they were bound to lose the edges.

[WoodenJefferson]

Every now and then I still find slot machine quarters in change. The reeded edge has been beat down from hitting the payout tray, from back in the day.

 

To clarify, I'm not suggesting that is what happened to your particular dime, just that mechanical things can happen to coins once they leave the Mint.

[DaveG]

Back in the days when slot machines still used coins, I used to go to the bank and get rolls of half dollars. I used to find a lot of them with their reeded edges banged flat, especially in rolls from the Atlantic City casinos.

 

I've also seen quarters without reeded edges, which I presumed had been through a lot of vending machines and/or laundromat change machines.

[19Lyds]

Here's my thoughts as having plain edges on normally reeded edge cnclad coins is nothing new.

 

The CnCladding is really, really hard BUT the 100% copper core is comparatively soft.

 

As such, the first area of wear on ANY CnClad coin is going to be the soft reeding on the edges. Whether its from a gambling machine (not likely since most use electronic credits), vending machine, change machine or whatever, if the coin rolls, its going to wear down that reeding.

 

"Spooning" on dimes would be rather unusual since any ring that could be fashioned would only fit a very small child.

 

My guess is simple wear.

[Conder101]

2000 dimes often seem to be weakly struck, and a weaker strike can result in weaker but not missing reeding. It would not take a lot of pounding in a laundromat dryer to wipe out the reeding. Also the difference in diameter between a dime with reeding and one beaten down just enough to lose the reeding would not be enough to noticeably change the diameter. As the reeds are beaten down they also widen to fill in the space between them. At the point the reeding disappears the diameter will be reduced by an amount roughly equal to 1/2 the height of a reed. And those reeds aren't very tall.

[Curry]

2000 dimes often seem to be weakly struck, and a weaker strike can result in weaker but not missing reeding. It would not take a lot of pounding in a laundromat dryer to wipe out the reeding. Also the difference in diameter between a dime with reeding and one beaten down just enough to lose the reeding would not be enough to noticeably change the diameter. As the reeds are beaten down they also widen to fill in the space between them. At the point the reeding disappears the diameter will be reduced by an amount roughly equal to 1/2 the height of a reed. And those reeds aren't very tall.

That's some great info man. It pretty much answered all my current questions. I just want to say thanks again for in the info