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1908 Dime Double Sided But Reversed! Full Mirror Brockage

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 Posted 06/17/2014  9:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bradybigd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It weighs exactly 2.50 grams
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 Posted 06/18/2014  09:30 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks to me like a genuine full brockage dime.
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 Posted 06/18/2014  10:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bradybigd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
So I think sending is the next step. Is ICG any good for something like this? Also not know the value what should I put down for value for insurance purpose?
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 Posted 06/18/2014  11:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add amida17 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You should probably send it to PCGS. Here is a link http://www.pcgs.com/dealers/ find a dealer close to you and go through them.
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glad you turned down the $150. that dealer knew he could flip it for a few thousand (if real).
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Not sure if this helps shed light but this was in our desk drawer for at least the last 40 years. Not sure the had the technology they have today with laser etc to make such a near perfect fake.
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 Posted 06/18/2014  2:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Nice find if it turns out to be real. Need better pics and please crop,took forever and a day to load Send it to PCGS
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EDIT: Just sent e-Mail to Mike.
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 Posted 06/18/2014  2:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bradybigd to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks John1 Id like to hear what he says.
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The fact that its weight is normal supports the idea that this is a genuine, in-collar first-strike brockage. I am, however, a bit concerned about the absence of reeding and the absence of finning on the obverse rim. The coin looks uncirculated or almost uncirculated and therefore the reeding should be quite visible. The extra striking pressure generated by two stacked planchets usually generates a finned rim. This error is a toss-up in my book. It needs to be studied closely. In the meantime it would be helpful to precisely measure the coin's diameter from north to south and east to west to see if the diameter is normal and the coin is not out-of-round.
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Thanks Mike its 1 and 7/10 inch both ways. Do you think I should submit this?
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1.7 inches equals 43.18 millimeters, which is larger than an Eisenhower dollar. If these are truly your measurements, then it cannot be a genuine error.
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1.7 CM Sorry
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It should be closer to 1.8 centimeters (17.91 millimeters, to be exact). If the reeding was removed after the strike, that would account for the discrepancy, but why would anyone do such a thing? Of course, if the reeding had been removed, it would be lighter than 2.5 grams. Something's not right.
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I just measured again using paper its 1.8 cm bith waya
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 Posted 06/19/2014  10:48 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Conder101 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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I am, however, a bit concerned about the absence of reeding and the absence of finning on the obverse rim.

Wouldn't it depend on whether this coin was the upper or lower coin in the stack? If it is the lower coin and struck between the anvil die and a capped upper die I would expect reeding and finning. If it was the upper coin struck between the hammer die and a struck coin still in the collar I would not expect reeding and finning. (But I would expect an increased diameter from the higher pressure and lack of a restraining collar.)
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