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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice purchase, Dearborn!
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Nice upgrade, Dearborn!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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They're both keepers, Dearborn!
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Thanks folks!
Yes, they are both keepers, the nicer one is in my 7070 album now, and the other one I 2x2'd to save.
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Pillar of the Community
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A gift from grandma is priceless!
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Pillar of the Community
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The area on the reverse below "dime" concerns me. Not saying this is the case here but it is an area where I have seen the word "copy" before on other examples. The denticles at K-10 look weak too. If genuine it appears to be a solid VF. Have you measured and weighed it?
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an upgrade for my 7070 album Outstanding!  Quote:
the other one I 2x2'd to save. Indeed! Grandmother's coin needs to be kept in a special place!  |
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Thanks coinguy, MrT, Main Member, and jbuck.
@MisterT - thanks for pointing that out (I hadn't noticed that under 'DIME'), I'll have a second look at it when I get home.
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Well, the coin weighs 1.23g and measures at 15.8mm So size and weight are within specs. As for the area below the word 'dime', it would appear that maybe the coin was cleaned at some point, or just handled improperly. What do you all think of the close up of the area in question?  |
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@Dearborn, The weight and diameter appear to be correct and the wear patterns on both the obverse and reverse seem consistent with a genuine circulated coin. Naturally when you enlarge a coin to the size of a dinner plate, one can imagine a lot of things ( Pareidolia). The enlarged pic appears to show the remnants of a O directly in the center above the bow but I am probably suffering from Pareidolia as well. Just to be satisfied if it were mine, I would conduct a specific gravity test or better yet have an XRF if readily available because I am always a skeptic. I have seen your posts of your recent upgrades to your 7070 and they are all very nice coins. Well done my friend! |
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Thank you MisterT  I'm trying to get the best I can. I have been looking into buying an XRF - now with the price of precious metals, maybe now it the time. |
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The cost for an XRF is well out of my budget. Even if I could afford it, I would rather spend that money on quality coins. I'd love to see your 7070. I thought about starting one since I have everything to fill it except the Seated dollars and the gold page but I opted to just keep them in 2x2's on binder pages. Happy collecting my friend! |
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I'll see about posting up a topic on my 7070 album maybe tomorrow. It'll take a bit of time to organize and post them all. (I have 51 of them so far out of 76 on 6 pages.) I do not have any of the gold coins yet - maybe someday.
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I do not have any of the gold coins yet - maybe someday. With $5K gold, I think that someday is long past most of us.  |
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