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I inherited a bunch of coins and some are kinda old. Like a 1875 seated liberty dime. Either way there is a 1930 mercury dime that has an X stamped on the front and back with a chisel. It was in circulation for a while and I don't see any obvious doubling or misprint. Any ideas.
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I had to do a Google search to figure out what a numismatists was.
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So im guessing you're not. Maybe the title should have been who knows about coins.
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Here are some pics of the dime. The stamped X's line up perfectly front and back. Sorry for the crappy pics my phone is filled with metal dust.
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This might be better.
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I am not a coin guy, but I thought I'd be that guy with a random opinion..... I don't think it was a chisel, the lines are too perfectly aligned, and each one of th four matches the angle perfectly, even the one that is slightly off angle from the other three.... I think it was something like bolt cutters or EMS shears... Probably not from the mint, but from some jack wagon wasting their time..... Again just my completely uninformed opinion.
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That looks like someone tried to cut it with a pair of side cutters, which would explain why the impressions line up on both sides.
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That makes sense to me, I think I used to do weird stuff like that when I was a kid. Someone tried to cut it into quarters with dykes and failed.
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Could be that. To bad thought it might have been a mint reject that accidentally got sent out. I don't know I could be dykes but don't quite look like it due to depth of cut in certain areas. It probably was some jack hole kid 85 years ago playing in dads shed.
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I'm thinking this thread could be more. If you collect coins or just find a really cool coin post it up. I will start. Here is an 1886 Indian head cent. Mind you my phone sucks so the pics ain't great.
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OK here is another one. Its a 1901 barber dime.
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I'm trying to take a picture of a coin I have. It's a $1 gold piece dated 1852. I Tried taking a picture with a quarter for reference,but my phone and iPad does not catch any detail when I zoom down. . It was given to me from my grandmother ( who I never meet). I found it in some of my mothers belongings after she died. It was in an envelope which said for bob on his 21st birthday. Pretty cool huh?
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Well I tried again with phone,then had to transfer to iPad because the resizer is on that.( I'm getting pretty techey another perk on these forums!) any whoo here's the pic:
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Man that is pretty. It is in fantastic condition. You could buy a house with that coin. Hope you got it stashed away in a hidden safe. Thankyou for showing it.
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I checked it out... It's pretty common and not worth too much,except in family history!
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OK this one is just for fun. Its a miniature of a silver dollar. First I will show it next to a full size one. The pics don't do justice on how small it is.
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Huh well you know its always family value first for me unless its one of those ten million dollar coins. I can build more family value down the line. Just kidding. But not really.
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Coins have always interested me. But I never seem to find the golden ticket. Once while deer hunting, I was walking down a jeep trail following three other guys and there on the ground was a 1892 silver dollar! It turned out to be the most common dollar out there. Oh well, good memories!
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Its funny how little most coins are worth. One would think a coin from the 1860s would be worth alot but no 5 bucks. I still enjoy it but dang I want that magic coin to set me up for a while.
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Has anybody ever heard of a sintered planchet? I found a 1959 Jefferson nickel that appears to be copper plated. I can't find much on them other than the black beauty nickels.
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Yea, I thought I struck it rich with a 1943 copper penny I found one time. They are worth $50k+. Then I picked it up with a magnet. . Some jackass electro plated a steel one.
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Ouch. You also need to look out for a 1983 copper penny. There has only been two found I think. The only way you can tell is by weight. Copper penny's weigh 3.1 grams and the zinc ones weigh 2.5 grams. He'll I would be happy with a 1965 silver dime.
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