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steelpenny
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Posted 11/02/2009 9:22 pm

Came across a error in a coin I got from my dad. Looks
like it has been stamped over where the fraction is. Just wanted
to know if there are many like it?

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steelpenny
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Posted 11/02/2009 9:27 pm

Tried to upload photo but to big trying to make it smaller hopefully
will upload it soon.

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wheatguy
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Posted 11/02/2009 9:30 pm

Here's a little tip if you need help in making the coin smaller. I always use this site for making my pics smaller.

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steelpenny
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Posted 11/02/2009 9:40 pm

this is the back but the front picture of it is still saying its to big to upload.

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ratman4762
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Posted 11/02/2009 10:05 pm

Could it be a Sheldon 265? Might be that very scarce variety! 1/100 over 000. Maybe somebody will be along that knows more about that variety.

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DVCollector
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Posted 11/02/2009 10:23 pm

That's cool...that could be the 1/100 over 1/000 reverse of the S-249 (R3-4).

Seeing the obverse would help confirm that.

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steelpenny
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Posted 11/02/2009 10:50 pm

Here is the front.

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DVCollector
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Posted 11/02/2009 10:58 pm

It's hard to be entirely sure, but the obverse date/legend looks to be in the right place.
More importantly, there is only one die pair for 1803 with that reverse--the S-249

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Conder101
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Posted 11/09/2009 5:33 pm

Yep, S-249 the corrected fraction. This reverse die is actually a leftover die from 1801. In 1801 they accidentally made five different reverse dies with 1/000. All five were used in 1801 with one of them having first been corrected by cutting a 1 over the first 0. One of the 1/000 reverses was reused in 1802 on S-228, and one of them (1801 rev K not J as stated in Breen's book on cents.) was corrected in 1803 and re-used to strike S-249. (It is not the same die as the one corrected in 1801.)

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