It's plated. The US never made gold dimes. No gold coins of less than one dollar have ever been made.
It's plated or just looks like gold. The US never made gold dimes. No gold coins with a denomination of less than one dollar have ever been made by a U.S. Mint. With a date of 1911 it's a Barber dime and is worth about $3.00 for the silver in it.
Ten cents. It's an ordinary dime that was plated. The last circulating gold coins were made in 1933. The lowest denomination US gold coin was the minuscule $1 piece minted from 1849 to 1889. These coins were even smaller than dimes and were worth 10 times as much. A modern dime wouldn't have ever been struck in gold.
No. US Dimes dated 1965 and later, were all made from a copper-clad alloy. The dime you have is gold-plated.
U.S. dimes have never been made of gold, nor were there any gold coins minted in the 1960s. What you have is a gold-plated dime, not worth anything to collectors above face value.
It's plated. The US never made gold dimes. No gold coins of less than one dollar have ever been made.
It's plated or just looks like gold. The US never made gold dimes. No gold coins with a denomination of less than one dollar have ever been made by a U.S. Mint. With a date of 1911 it's a Barber dime and is worth about $3.00 for the silver in it.
Ten cents. It's an ordinary dime that was plated. The last circulating gold coins were made in 1933. The lowest denomination US gold coin was the minuscule $1 piece minted from 1849 to 1889. These coins were even smaller than dimes and were worth 10 times as much. A modern dime wouldn't have ever been struck in gold.
US dimes were never made of gold.
No. US Dimes dated 1965 and later, were all made from a copper-clad alloy. The dime you have is gold-plated.
U.S. dimes have never been made of gold, nor were there any gold coins minted in the 1960s. What you have is a gold-plated dime, not worth anything to collectors above face value.
No. U.S. dimes were never made of gold. A gold coin from the same time, and of similar size, was the $2 1/2 gold piece.
Ten cents - it's not real gold, it's plated. The US never made gold dimes.
Its only 10 cents.
It's an ordinary dime that's plated, and not made of real gold. The US has never made a gold coin with such a low denomination. For one thing, gold was a few hundred dollars an ounce back in the 70's so 10¢ worth would require a pair of tweezers to pick up!
No, dimes minted in 1920 were made of 90% silver and 10% copper. Gold was not used in the minting of dimes for general circulation.
The U.S. has never struck a gold dime. A coin that size made of gold would be worth many times more than 10 cents. Your coin is an ordinary silver dime that was plated for use in jewelry or something similar. As such it's only worth its melt value, about $2 as of early 2011.