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Wornslick Pillar of the Community United States 1304 Posts	Posted 06/24/2012 2:23 pm Thanks mkman123!! I was talking to Mrs. Slick the other day about what the guy said at Scotsmans and she thinks he used the word "pressed" instead of punched. Wish my memory was better. Report this Post to the Staff
Libertad Pillar of the Community Canada 3692 Posts	Posted 06/24/2012 3:48 pm The way I interpreted "1916-D 10C Not Encapsulated Altered mintmark" was that the coin would have been a 1916-D, and then states the reason why it wasn't encapsulated. The "Guaranteed Authentic Only" part of it is a text they cannot change because it's on all of them. And since your coin is not encapsulated it is therefore not guaranteed authentic. What should have been done was to encapsulate it as 1916-S with details: altered mint-mark. Do people collect altered coins like that? Edited by Libertad 06/24/2012 3:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Wornslick Pillar of the Community United States 1304 Posts	Posted 06/25/2012 07:46 am Quote: Do people collect altered coins like that? I asked the guy from Scotsmans the very same question and he said it was illegal to own it, I don't know if it is or not though. Report this Post to the Staff
mkman123 Pillar of the Community United States 3184 Posts	Posted 06/25/2012 1:33 pm I've got some counterfeit coins that I keep as they are neat to stare at and educate oneself. Wornslick, you should happy about the two you graded as I want one of them! haha :) Keep it up and post more of your collection! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/25/2012 6:48 pm Quote: I asked the guy from Scotsmans the very same question and he said it was illegal to own it, He is wrong, which makes his statement about how it was altered questionable as well. The only way to punch or impress a raised mintmark on a coin is by embossing it from the inside as was done on some Buffalo nickels. Bu the thinness of a dime makes this highly unlikely. There are four ways to create a raised mintmark on a coin. You can glue or solder the mintmark on. You can alter an existing mintmark so that it resembles a different one. You can lower the fields around the "mintmark" and rework the existing metal to resemble the desired letter. You can mask off the coin and "grow" a mintmark using electroplating. Report this Post to the Staff
Wornslick Pillar of the Community United States 1304 Posts	Posted 06/25/2012 8:09 pm Thanks or the info Conder101, I wasn't sure whether what he told me about owning the coin being illegal or not, and the way my memory is getting I wish I had wrote down what he told me, but if he was wrong about owning a illegal coin he might have been wrong about how the altered mint mark was made. I have it soaking in Acetone now to see if the mint mark comes off. When I look at the coin with my 10X loupe I do not see any "marks" around the mint mark. I know I am beating a dead horse but just want to learn how someone did this. Report this Post to the Staff
Wornslick Pillar of the Community United States 1304 Posts	Posted 06/26/2012 8:59 pm Well the acetone soak didn't remove anything. Report this Post to the Staff
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