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Is This A Proof Edge On A Dime Or No

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 Posted 04/04/2012  2:15 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add jennifermclements to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Can you guys help me identify a proof edge on a circulated, possible proof dime ?

Its just ONE of the identifying factors, I know, but am trying the whole, check list thing ..
*shine* check
*frosted high points*--ish. Its circulated
*deeper more pronunced detail* check
Razor edge? - in my opinion, yes but am still learning
The difference between proof edges and business strikes on Roosevelt dimes


Is this a circulated proof edge or no?

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 Posted 04/04/2012  2:32 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a normal dime to me. There is a great deal of variability in the sharpness of the edges of dimes.
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 Posted 04/04/2012  3:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jennifermclements to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cool thanks. Got any pics of a proof dime edge so I can use it for a checklist
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 Posted 04/04/2012  4:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's not a really reliable determinant for dimes because circulation strike dimes vary so much. But proof edges are very sharp; on reeded coins they feel almost like a serrated knife. Trust me, if you find a proof you'll know it. They look very different; there's no mistaking them.
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 Posted 04/04/2012  4:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
What year is it ? Does it have a S mint mark?
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 Posted 04/04/2012  6:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The OP has been making a simple situation much more difficult than it needed to be and when she did not get the answers she wanted to hear, a bit of nastiness on her part ensued- hence the reason for the locking.

Searching circulated coins and hoping that you might find a no-S proof is a fool's errand. I am not saying it is impossible but no-S proofs are rare enough as it is that trying to find one in circulation is virtually impossible. I dare say that you would be more likely to find a 1909-S VDB in circulation than it would be to find a no-S proof of ANY denomination in circulation. At least we know for certain that multiple dealers have intentionally released 09-S VDBs into circulation for promotional purposes so there are at least a few out there.

As for the subject at hand, it would have been much more productive for the OP to purchase a few proof coins herself(even circ proofs are available on ebay) and examined them in-hand to see the differences between a proof and a business strike because apparently all of the verbal descriptions in the world were not enough
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 Posted 04/04/2012  10:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jasper62 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW! I didn't know what you were talking about boikemist but I found the other thread about the same coin and yes the OP did get out of line
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