Coin Community Family of Web Sites Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors
Join Thousands of Coin, Bullion, & Money Collectors Specializing in Modern Numismatics Coin, Banknote and Medal Collectors's Online Mall Royal Estate Auctions - $1 Coin Auctions300,000 items to help build your collection! Vancouvers #1 Coin and Paper Money Dealer Royal Canadian Mint products, Canadian, Polish, American, and world coins and banknotes.








Username:
Password:
Save Password
Forgot your Password?


This page may contain links that result in small commissions to keep this free site up and running.

Welcome Guest! Registering and/or logging in will remove the anchor (bottom) ads. It's Free!

2008 Dime With Some Issues -- Identify/Help Please

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.
Author Previous TopicReplies: 23 / Views: 5,908Next Topic
Page: of 2
Pillar of the Community
Slamnbass's Avatar
United States
3644 Posts
 Posted 03/26/2016  4:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Slamnbass to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree with Earle and I would keep it for that reason
Pillar of the Community
United States
2740 Posts
 Posted 03/26/2016  10:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mikediamond to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It's not a Dryer Coin. But the edge has been rolled and squeezed in the horizontal plane. Post-strike damage, in other words.
Error coin writer and researcher.
Valued Member
299 Posts
 Posted 03/26/2016  11:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add freddo30 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree with Nyfireman ; I've seen a lot of large cents and numerous reeded coins that received this treatment and the results are nearly identical.
Edited by freddo30
03/26/2016 11:07 pm
Bedrock of the Community
Earle42's Avatar
United States
10047 Posts
 Posted 03/26/2016  11:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Mike
I defer to your knowledge. Would you please tell me what characteristics show this is not a Dryer Coin so I can be better informed?
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash?
Download and read: Grading the graders
Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves
https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2
Pillar of the Community
BlueSolo's Avatar
United States
740 Posts
 Posted 03/27/2016  12:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BlueSolo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I personally didn't think it was a Dryer Coin, but rolled too. Earle42, the obverse and reverse remain unscathed; luster intact.
Bedrock of the Community
Earle42's Avatar
United States
10047 Posts
 Posted 03/27/2016  11:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Earle42 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I am not arguinbg the point by any means, I am trying to learn. Some of the Dryer Coins at the link I posted before had a decent amount of luster. Some still hint at it, but all the ones in the link were also stored in a "junk" cup in a garage since the 50-60s. They were given no special love. When my grandfather was repairing the machines for his business and found them, he would toss them into a cup on his garage workbench. Over the years he amassed quite a few.

This also was literally, as the crow flies, 2.5-3 miles from the southern shore of Lake Erie in the Lake Erie Snow Belt region of PA. Thus humidity (Canada winds always blow down across the lake in to the region) was always a concern when storing coins. Even in winter the air has a lot of water in it and makes the cold bite right to the bone. SO these were exposed year around to those conditions.

Again, I am just offering this up as to why its possible that some of mine retained details, but do not have a high luster. I don't doubt there is some other way a rim could be made to look like the one on this dime and am simply wondering if there is a definitive way to tell. I know Mike would be the one who would know and help me understand it.
How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash?
Download and read: Grading the graders
Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves
https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2
Pillar of the Community
eaglefoot's Avatar
United States
6326 Posts
 Posted 03/27/2016  10:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add eaglefoot to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some day I will find a legitimate semi-valuable error coin....just gotta keep looking. I'm starting to coin roll hunt again !


Thanks Mike and all others for the education too.
Bedrock of the Community
coop's Avatar
United States
62064 Posts
 Posted 03/27/2016  10:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
With coin damage, we have to adjust our thinking from time to time.
2008-Dime-With-Some-Issues----Identify/Help-Please
  Previous TopicReplies: 23 / Views: 5,908Next Topic
Page: of 2

To participate in the forum you must log in or register.



    




Disclaimer: While a tremendous amount of effort goes into ensuring the accuracy of the information contained in this site, Coin Community assumes no liability for errors. Copyright 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Family- all rights reserved worldwide. Use of any images or content on this website without prior written permission of Coin Community or the original lender is strictly prohibited.
Contact Us  |  Advertise Here  |  Privacy Policy / Terms of Use

Coin Community Forum © 2005 - 2026 Coin Community Forums
It took 0.25 seconds to rattle this change. Forums