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Wow! That is definitely a goal of mine. Imagine holding onto a coin that allows you to retire. What made that dime worth so much money? Was it a rare coin? Just a lot of stories that there was a really low mintage. I just never let anyone know I have an entire roll of those.  I'm just waiting for the price to get a bit higher then I'll start selling mine.  Wonder what would happen if someone did pop up with a roll of those. Or a roll of 1913 Liberty Head Nickels. |
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Coop sent me an old Barber dime Whitman folder that actually has a spot for the 1894-S that says "Rare", 24 minted  The folders cover says: Barber dimes, Liberty Dime, or Morgan Dime....hilarious! swcoin.ecrater.com
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thats funny-- does coop have any barber half folders?
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Wonder what would happen if someone did pop up with a roll of those. Or a roll of 1913 Liberty Head Nickels.
I think the auction prices would go down just a bit. Still six figures though with as many people that have wanted and can afford one. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Wow. That is a rare coin. I learned something agian today guys.
A guy at the post office the other day told me that he remembers his dad using a 1913 Nickel to play a pinball machine. He wishes that he had kept it! Do not know how he remembered that.
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I added this to my dime searching cheat sheet.
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24 coins were struck. They are business strikes from brand new dies not proofs even though the TPG's have been calling them proofs. Five of the 24 coins were destroyed as assay pieces. The 24 pieces were struck to round off the 1894 fiscal years dime coinage to an even dollar amount. (The 1894 fiscal year ran from July 1 1893 to June 30 1894. 1,491,421 dimes dated 1893 were struck during fiscal year 1894 during calendar year 1893. Twenty four 1894 dimes were struck in June of 1894 to bring the fiscal year total for the silver coinage to an even dollar amount. I'm sure it was believed that more 1894 dimes would be struck during the first half of fiscal 1895.) Before 1894 the fiscal year dollar amounts of the coinage did not come out to even dollar amounts. Beginning in Fiscal 1894 and there after they do. Edited by Conder101
04/30/2011 09:56 am
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markj11 - I hope you added it as "almost certainly counterfeit"! =)
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A guy at the post office the other day told me that he remembers his dad using a 1913 Nickel to play a pinball machine I doubt that-- maybe a 1913 buffalo The 1913 Liberty Head Nickel is one of the most valuable coins in the world. Only 5 specimens are confirmed to exist, although there is an intriguing hint that there might be a sixth. The finest-known 1913 Liberty nickel is valued at a minimum of $5 million, the price for which it sold in May of 2007. Retired USAF 1983-2003
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Further, three of the dimes were said to have been given to the superintendent's daughter who allegedly spent one on ice cream... Well, I hope she got a darn good scoop then. |
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Can you imagine if the ice cream man just happen to save that particular dime, only to be passed down!
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Quote:Coop sent me an old Barber dime Whitman folder that actually has a spot for the 1894-S that says "Rare", 24 minted Most of the older Whitman folders had dumb stuff like that. I used to have those that had a spot for the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel but there was a blank peice of cardboard in that slot. Same with my older Liberty Head Nickels Folders too. Not sure but I thing many of the older Folders had those little blue things in places for most rare or scarce coins. IF, for some reason you got one, you were supposed to pop those out. |
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Further, three of the dimes were said to have been given to the superintendent's daughter who allegedly spent one on ice cream... Which is not likely true considering she was sixteen at the time. If her father had given them to her and told her to keep them because someday they would be rare, she would be old enough to realize that she should hold them and not use one to indulge in a dish of icecream. |
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Most of the older Whitman folders had dumb stuff like that. I used to have those that had a spot for the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel but there was a blank peice of cardboard in that slot also the 1894-s slot that said "rare" pretty funny Retired USAF 1983-2003
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