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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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 Several things seem to being going on with this 1854 dime. Several die clashes, Obverse rim is weakly struck? Any thoughts?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I haven't constructed an overlay, but a clash would be my guess as well. Maybe the obverse die is off-axis to the reverse as well. I'm also struck how the top of the date was impressed into the base of Liberty--is that a common variety?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
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Ok, so looks like the date overlapping the base is listed as V-1 which is an R-4. The strong die clashes on both sides are V-2 and V-3a but I don't see a mention of all 3 on one coin. Are we perhaps looking at an unlisted variety here. Any specilists if varieties on the forum?
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Valued Member
United States
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The die clash on the obverse, next to liberty's elbow, looks like the banner from the capped bust dime reverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Ok, so looks like the date overlapping the base is listed as V-1 which is an R-4. The strong die clashes on both sides are V-2 and V-3a but I don't see a mention of all 3 on one coin. Look again at the description of the V-1 on the link Meadowviewcollector posted. The last line, "Die clashes obv and reverse." |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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So does that make this a V-1, R4?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here's another ... any clarification on the variety?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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  Here is an overlay |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Interesting overlay pic there, Coop. I just now got to wondering if Breen listed the 1854 embedded date in his Encyclopedia. Sure enough, it's therein as Breen #3069 which he listed as V-1 and "rare." Looking at the ebay listings, I was able to spot four of these "high date" 1854's among a few hundred listings, so it appears to be at least a scarce variety. Edited by ExoGuy
12/02/2016 11:12 pm
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Posted 09/04/2014 1:30 pm
