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1858 Sitting Liberty Half-Dime Errors

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 Posted 02/26/2015  9:08 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Cross-eyed to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I was at the LCS last week looking for a SL half-dime and I came across this one.It was in the cheap coin albums out front.It looked scratch from cleaning,but,it was about the best one there for the price.And I wanted a SL half-dime,so I figured what the heck.So I bought it.


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I get it home and look at it under magnification.And what do I see?Another coin with errors.


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How does a trench that big end up in the middle of a coin?There is also a die crack under the 'DI'in dime.And a 'ledge' going across 'MER' in America.
I guess I need to start an error collection.
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 Posted 02/27/2015  7:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MeadowviewCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
could it be a lamination?
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 Posted 02/28/2015  07:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cross-eyed to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I don't know. It doesn't seem to be missing any metal. I guess I'll just have to call it a FIDO for now.
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 Posted 03/05/2015  8:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Gyrene7483 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin was struck on a defective laminated planchet after the laminated metal came off.

I could recommend somewhere else you might post pictures of this coin to have a real Half Dime expert look at it but the link would probably be deleted by the admin of this forum.
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 Posted 03/05/2015  9:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Cross-eyed to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ah,okay, that makes more sense now. Thanks!
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