I have a 2005 dime that does not have ridges. It is the same size as a regular dime. Is it worth anything? I also have a penny that is the same way. Was someone just playing around with them? I did get them at different times and places. The dime was on vacation two states away and the penny from a store in my town.
2007-08-08 07:03:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Hobbies & Crafts
I meant to say that the penny doesn't have that lip on it. It's smooth. Sorry!
2007-08-08 07:22:53 · update #1
The dime is 2005. Im not sure about the penny.
2007-08-08 08:10:11 · update #2
A dime without ridges being released from the Mint is highly unlikely, but not impossible. Moe likely, someone filed the ridges off for some reason. It used to be when coins were silver and not sandwich with copper-nickel, that filing the edges of coins was a way to scavenge silver. Save enough filings and you could sell the raw silver. The penny without the lip is another matter. Since the penny is struck in a die, it can't NOT have an edge unless the die is that way, which means a whole lot of lipless pennies are out there from that same die.The dime COULD come out without ridges since the ridges are applied first and then the ridged blank is put through the die. How old are these coins? If the penny is newer than 1980, you will see gray-silver zinc if you scrape the edge as after 1980, pennies are only copper plated zinc. For the dime and other silver coins, they started the sandwich thing with 1963 I think, so shaving the ridges won't work if the silver coin is newer than 1962. Take both to a coin dealer and have them examined by an expert and make sure you keep a close eye on the coins, just in case.
2007-08-08 07:49:30 · answer #1 · answered by rowlfe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dime Without Ridges
2017-01-09 11:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pennies and nickels do not ever have ridges. Dimes are supposed to have 118 ridges.
Are you absolutely certain that it has no ridges and that maybe somebody didn't file them off?
Look up Error Trends magazine
http://www.etcmmag.com and email them with your question. The man who runs the magazine, Arnold Margolis, is 100% honest and will give you an answer. He may ask you to mail the coin to him. It is O.K. to do this. He has evaluated many odd coins for me.
You may have a real treasure there if it is real, or it may be worth $2, or maybe nothing. Check it out, but don't get your hopes too high.
The copper-plated zinc coins were first made in 1982.
Clad coinage, as opposed to silver, was first made in 1965.
Depending on the strength of the strike, a cent can have a poorly-defined rim which will wear off quickly. This is not necessarily a big deal.
BTW, I like your profile.
2007-08-08 07:17:51 · answer #3 · answered by oldsalt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You actually mean the rims. The rim is the raised part of the coin around the edge that protects the design from wear. there is one on both sides of the coin. A dealer or someone that knows coins needs to see them. They could have missed the process that makes the rims before the coin is struck, or more likely someone may have taken the rims off. There are a lot of ways to do it that make the coin look like it never had any. A dealer needs to see it or get a good magnifying glass and see if there are tiny scratches where the rim was, if so someone did it. It would be nice and smooth there if it missed the rim process.
2007-08-08 08:18:18 · answer #4 · answered by Taiping 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ridges are part of the US's way of conforming it a real note of currency. I would take them to your local bank ad they can verify if they are real or just mistakes. If there mistakes keep them cause they will be worth some money
2007-08-08 07:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋