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New Member
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makes sense if something is rubbed off but how can something be rubben in :)
On the second digit compare it to the first, the hole is smaller and the middle line continues down to the right, which it doesn't on the 9
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New Member
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ok thank you, I'm new to this. Was given a collection of thousands and thousands of them and trying to sort them out
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Pillar of the Community
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at the very least you have thousands of dollars worth of silver!
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Pillar of the Community
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"thousands and thousands of them"
Well, plural so that would mean a minimum of 4K
So at the least right now anyway you have $8,400.00
worth of silver. Not including any good ones that you may find.
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Pillar of the Community
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Was given a collection of thousands and thousands of them and trying to sort them out  |
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 thousands and thousands ?  now thats a nice relative? Friend?  |
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New Member
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A friend who gave them to me to sort out and split profits (i think for my share I'm going to keep the good one's and start a collection)
As of now I'm splitting it up by decade. any good tips on sorting?
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Rest in Peace
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Hi Smirk...... I ran your coin through one of my programs..Look where the arrow is pointing, a "9" would not have that protrusion to the right, unless the "9" was damaged or flattened out. I am no expert, but what I am saying is if it wasn't damaged or flattened out then it sure has the shape of an "8" |
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Exactly what I was saying
Can we get some more opinions?
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Pillar of the Community
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That is awesome that you have thousands to look for. Look for the mintmark too.
Besides the 1916-D, look for the 1921, 1921-D, 1926-S, 1930-S, 1931-D, and 1931-S. Those all have mintages under 2 million. They are worth keeping.
The mintmark is on the reverse, to the left of the column (fasces).
Good luck with the set. I hope you can find most of them.
Edited by wquinn
05/10/2012 1:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Are they all low grade? In addition to the ones wquinn lists which are worth saving in almost any condition, I would add 1917-D, 1919-D and 1925-D are definitely worth setting aside in grades better than Good. Also, almost any pre-depression dime with a mintmark is worth extra attention in any condition better than Fine.
As for the "8" there is absolutely zero chance that it's an "8". That's simply impossible given how the coins are manufactured. It just looks like that because the coin is so damaged.
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05/10/2012 2:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Can we get some more opinions?
I won't give you an opinion but I will give you facts. It would be impossible for an 8 to be in the date. A hub is used to create all working dies, the date is part of the hub so everything that is on the hub gets added to the dies. The only part of the design added to working dies would be the mintmark so there is nowhere in the die creation process to add a different number. The date has been damaged along with the rest of the coin. |
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Thanks for the tips, so far I have found 1926-S and a 1931-D
Thanks on the 18.. coin. next time
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so far I have found 1926-S and a 1931-D I look forward to seeing pictures in the grading forum! |
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