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Valued Member
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Remember - I am a newbie.  I don't have the wording completely well as the rest of you! As I was going through my dimes - I come across this missing U in USU/reverse. Below are several differant views of the pics. I can get you more if you need. Exactly what do I have here      |
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Pillar of the Community
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It was a common problem for the early dimes (especially the '68 to '71) to not have one or two letters in the E Pluribus Unum. It was caused by debris and grease filling in the incuse (indented) letter in the die so it didn't strike up on the coin.
They aren't really considered collectible but I collect them anyway. ;)
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Valued Member
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Thank you - I think it is neat looking.
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Valued Member
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So it is worth face value only?
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Pillar of the Community
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Pretty darn much, but then again, I see people selling stuff like this on ebay for 50x it's worth. |
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Forum Mom
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I agree that it's from a grease-filled die. While this coin won't command a high premium, it's still a very cool find and considered a mint error. Congratulations!  |
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Thank you very much for your information. I love all of this. :)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Obviously many people here do not go to coin shows. There is lately a large increase in Mint errors there. Grease Filled Dies are considered Mint Errors and many sell for $1 to $10 or sometime higher. There is one dealer at some of the coin shows I go to that carries only error coins. Errors of any kind are becoming a big thing in coins due to the limited amount of certain normal coinage to collect. For example there are many coins with mintages less than there are collectors looking for them. This means other forms of collecting coins is growing proportionally. Save that dime. I predict in a few years it too will up there in value if the error trend continues. |
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just because someone is offering something for sale does not mean there is a demand for that item. I had plenty of coins for sale at the last Baltimore show and only sold a small number of them.
the example coin is nothing special - it's well circulated and is only worth $0.10
-steve
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Posted 07/07/2007 12:35 am
