Sorry, but there are no gold dimes. Your coin has been plated (maybe with a few cents worth of gold) or been exposed to some chemical that has caused the color to change.
Look at the coin again and post new question, the US did not make any one dollar gold coins dated 1923.
You need to be more specific. There have not been any gold dollars released by the US Mint since 1889 for circulation (minus some minor collector editions before 1933) and there are no gold dollars dated 1978 struck by the US Mint. Instead you either have a gold plated 1978 dollar coin (which would just be worth $1) or you have a dollar coin issued by a different country or private mint.
A US $5 face value coin minted 1987 is probably 1/10 oz of pure gold concidering that the 1oz contemporary coins have a face value of $50. It would be about the size of a dime if I am correct. hope this helps.
its worth a lot of money,
because gold is a rare color
It's either a novelty coin or a gold plated dime. If it's only a gold plated dime it's worth around $2.50. If it's a novelty coin it's worthless.
No. US Dimes dated 1965 and later, were all made from a copper-clad alloy. The dime you have is gold-plated.
It is gold plated and therefore is only worth what a normal (damaged) 1941 dime is worth, which is about $2.20 or so in scrap silver.
It's just gold plated -- no added value
It's called a Roosevelt dime rather than a liberty dime, and it's worth 10 cents for the copper-nickel coin underneath and about a penny or 2 for the gold plating. The US never minted gold dimes - they'd be worth A LOT more than 10 cents, after all!
There are no gold dimes.
10 cents for the copper-nickel coin underneath and about a penny or 2 for the gold plating. The US never minted gold dimes - they'd be worth A LOT more than 10 cents, after all!
US dimes were never made of gold.
10 cents. It's a novelty coin.
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.
This did not come from the mint like that. It has to be gold plated. No collector value.
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.