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Valued Member
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I think I have a error of some sort. I have a 1988 dime (Right) that appears to have a odd "double rim" at the top. I put another dime next to it for comparison  |
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Moderator
 United States
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Look up "rim finning" John1  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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looks cool. so this is in-fact a error? if so I would like to know how common it is and how much it could be worth. I have just began coin collecting a month to a month and a half ago so errors are really exciting to me
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Valued Member
United States
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its also near mint - mint condition so I believe this may have been in someones collection considering its a 1988
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Even if you are unable to enhance the picture, if you could crop it down to just the two coins it would make it much easier to see.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Condition matters for the value of error coins. The prices for error coins are all over the place. A mint state 1988 dime is worth about 30 cents. Yours will be worth more because of the error. I could see it selling for $4 or as much as $30. But it all depends upon having a customer willing to buy it. It's the kind of coin that I would be happy to FIND but I doubt that I would ever buy. Take a look at ebay for similar types of error coins, then check the SOLD prices. Anyway, nice find. If it's your first error coin find -- keep it for yourself.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Buddy, this is quite common on a lot of these dimes, not worth anymore than face.
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Valued Member
United States
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so is it worth face or 4 - 30?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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so is it worth face or 4 - 30? I hate to say it but yes that's right.You could list it on ebay for 2 week's at .99 cents & not sell it.Come back 2 weeks later & relist it for a day & you could possibly get 5 or 10 bucks.It is a miner anomaly in my book so I would not be a buyer myself. Edited by jasper62
07/22/2015 9:09 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Like I said, fun to find -- hard to place a value on it. I've seen less impressive errors sell for $30 -- but I don't think you can count on it.
mongoz -- if this were my coin, I would put it in a flip or 2X2 with a note -- finning, error/not rare, small premium.
I do this in case somebody has to sell off my collection someday after I'm gone. I don't want them thinking all my coins have a high premium value. It would be a waste of time for them to try and sell a coin with a minor error.
And since prices/values change all the time, I don't put a dollar amount on every single coin.
But your coin is, in my opinion, a keeper. You found it! Yea! and you have an example of finning -- so enjoy!
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Posted 07/22/2015 12:06 pm
