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1853 Seated Liberty Dime

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 Posted 01/28/2007  10:47 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Ralph to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This poor old thing is as smooth as a river rock, so it's difficult for me to tell just what the diagonal mark on the obverse is, or was.
Considering the fact that it is still visible on a smooth coin, I don't believe it to be an old scratch or gouge. Were it that, I believe it could still be felt.
Anyone here have any ideas as to what may have created it?

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 Posted 01/28/2007  1:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Metalman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Ralph

Im afraid at this point any answer would only be specualtion and unprovable,, its possible that it is a planchet seam or its possible that the coin was deeply scratched to check its authenticity, or its possible it was the object of a kids obsession and suffered the many things that a kid can do to a coin.

There are any number of things that could have happened to the coin,, but one thing is certian it served its purpose .



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Nice arrows and rays Ralph
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 Posted 01/28/2007  10:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add thingee to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a very interesting coin, regardless of what happened it.
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