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Pillar of the Community
United States
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they don't look right to me. waiting for more opinions  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree the reed count looks off to me as well which shouldn't be that way no matter what type of planchet they were struck on
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Valued Member
United States
164 Posts |
I am going to call these fake - you look at them and you ge tthe gut that they are wrong - or "somethingis off"
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Valued Member
United States
156 Posts |
Look how wide those rims are. This is another sign that they are fake.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2521 Posts |
I believe they are counterfeit. Why bother? Because a dime bought a heck of a lot more back in the 40's. They look like they've been around awhile. What really confuses me is that I have counterfeit Washington quarters (one is dated 1983) and a Roosevelt dime! A quarter couldn't get you much even in 1983 (except maybe a local payphone call). |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Oh second thought, it is counterfeit. The metal looks too dark and is probably tin or any other slug pot metal.
Go back there and get a refund!
**Sorry, missed the "t" on tin
Edited by wd1040
05/28/2009 01:34 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2540 Posts |
Pretty much guarantee that they are fakes.
But, the good news: they are vry collectible.
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Valued Member
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57 Posts |
Yes, I am sure they are fakes, but where do I sell them. I once found a 50¢ silver commerative, blue book value around $200 took it to my coin dealer and he pulled out a huge binder and showed me it was counterfit. I asked him if I sold it on ebay as a counterfit what does he think I would get? With a big smile he said "about 20 years" |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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On the question of "why a common date dime", I wonder if these were trial runs prior to counterfeiting a 1916-D or some other key? Perhaps an actual dime had to be sacrificed in the process and they wanted to work out the bugs on common dates before they ruined a 21-D or a 16-D...?
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Valued Member
United States
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Sounds logical, but I found 4 in one lot. Those 4 have stayed together for probably 35-40 years.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
17884 Posts |
I'm thinking contemporary counterfeit made to circulate as coins. As ratman said, a dime was significant money back in the 1940's.
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Valued Member
United States
57 Posts |
these were all accumulated by one person (over $50 face value just in dimes) in the mid 60s & early 70s. That is when she quit and later died. This is just a part of an estate sale I bought.
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Valued Member
United States
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Do you have a scale on which to weigh it? According to coinresource.com, a Mercury dime should weigh 2.5 grams. Edited by TonysPics
05/28/2009 5:26 pm
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Forum Dad
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Valued Member
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I fineally had time to weigh them, they were all over the place:
2.6 2.8 2.8 3.0
(not a 2.5gr in the bunch)
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