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Unknown Year Roosevelt Dime

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 Posted 05/15/2012  11:35 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add alanmx6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
i know its after 1964 since its not silver, has anyone seen anything like this before. Could this be the victim of a capped die? The back is normal, looks like any other dime.


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 Posted 05/15/2012  11:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome to CCF! I think a capped die is right..
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 Posted 05/15/2012  11:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Definitely struck through a capped die. Very very nice find.
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 Posted 05/15/2012  11:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alanmx6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
any idea of the value?
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This will give you an idea of value, scroll down a little on the page that comes up. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...p=true&rt=nc
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PS Where did you get it ?
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 Posted 05/16/2012  08:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add alanmx6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i found it in my change probably about 10 years ago and have just had it in a box since then
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 Posted 05/16/2012  09:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add wquinn to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Awesome capped dime find!
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im going to take it in town to the coin shop maybe today or tomorrow and see what they have to say about it as well, the pictures are not very clear but on the head there is very light very light letters, maybe LIP. BIP. I couldnt really make it out
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You would probably make more money on ebay if you are going to sell it. The coin shop will not give you the total value cause he needs room to make money. However ebay is always a gamble but with that quality of a coin I think you would do ok. Just my thoughts...
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Your coin was struck through a capped die. A die cap occurs when a planchet is struck but instead of being ejected from the coining chamber, it adheres to one of the dies. This die cap now becomes the die itself so instead of striking normal coins in relief, the first few coins struck will have an incuse mirrored image known as a mirror brockage. As the die cap strikes more coins, it spreads out and wraps around the shank of the die. This thinning and spreading of the die cap causes the resultant brockage image to distort and spread out with the end result being a late stage brockage. After repeatedly striking more coins, the die cap becomes so thin and distorted that it can no longer transfer the brockage image and then a ghost image of the capped die begins to appear- that is the stage where your coin is at.

I would estimate the value of your generic struck-through capped die error to be around $25 with a bit more value if the date was legible.
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alanmx6 !

and Thank You biokemist6 ! That explanation cleared it up for me !
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so I went to the coin shop and they said it was a greesey rag that got punched lol they offered me 5$... I left with my coin
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That just goes to show ya that coin stores Mostly just buy and sell coins regardless of what they are just for the silver content etc..Glad you didnt sell it!! Its a keeper!!
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It is possible for coins to be struck through other things, like cloth, and they leave behind an imprint. It's hard to tell, because your pictures are blurry, but if there's a textile pattern, it was struck through cloth (which I think is probably more valuable than struck through die cap).

Some dealers don't like to deal in errors at all because it can be tough to find a buyer for them, so it's not surprising that they didn't offer you a lot.
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There is no textile pattern that I could see and since I could see letters imprinted, I'm pretty sure its a stuck die cap strike. I couldnt get my cam to work with me
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