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I had gotten this in change and stuck it in my box of coins that I thought were neat, and for years wondered what the date was, since it was completely worn off. Thanks to you all here I found that I can expose it to acid and it might help reveal the date. So I figured vinegar is acidic, but not too strongly so and it might be a good first try. I doubt the picture will show much, but here it is (still in vinegar after 3 weeks), and with the light right I can make out "914", so now I know it is a 1914. We'll see if a mint mark comes up on the back.  Edited by JohnDeVito
01/25/2016 6:24 pm
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That pic came out really bad, so I took another...  |
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It does appear to be 1914.
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It's always great to solve a mystery.
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I always saved coins just because I liked them. I know it isn't worth anything, but I was really interested in the date. I never would have known that it could be recovered and you guys all taught me that. I was reading a recent thread here where the sentimental value of coins was mentioned. That's me to a T. I'll probably never buy a coin. I save things that catch my eye and that I like. I have a Winged Liberty dime and a Franklin half dollar that my bus driver gave me back in the third grade. I have other coins that I got in change. I also save coins from every country that my work travels have taken me to. I have coins I found in my house too. I have an 1893 cent that is in really good condition, but I did lightly clean it before I knew better just because it was dirty. It fell from a plaster ceiling I was replacing. I'd never worry about selling any of it so I have no idea what any of it is worth. Not much of a "collector" but I like coins and I think they are interesting. |
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You should try buying coins, it's a nice feeling to have a piece of U.S history in your pocket, and I think you mean Mercury dime since there is no such thing as winged liberty ;) |
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Quote:I think you mean Mercury dime since there is no such thing as winged liberty ;) Not true. Officially it is a Winged Liberty Head dime, but the public started calling them ' Mercury dimes' soon after they were released due to Liberty's resemblance to the god. It's sort of like how people call cents 'pennies'. John, I'm glad that you find coins fascinating. I urge you to buy a few cheap coins- Buffalo nickels, Liberty Head nickels, Indian Head cents and the like can be had for under a dollar. Also, for anyone else with dateless Buffs, there are lots of threads about date retrieval, such as this one: https://goccf.com/t/229769 to CCF! Edited by Numisma
01/26/2016 12:19 am
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This will probably make some people cringe here, but I did buy a ring for exactly the reason that mangemesjambes says. I thought it was a piece of history...a specific coin, with unique travels, handled by a unique set of people, and used to purchase a unique set of goods. Who knows what great stories might be behind it.   |
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I have been collecting off and on since the 1950's so I have been around for a while. During the 50's and 60's you could buy an acid to put on Buffalo nickels to bring out the date. Of course this destroyed the value of the coin but I was like you and was very curious so I used it on a lot of Buffs. |
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thats a nice ring John I have a Barber quarter cut into a guitar pick Quote:
since there is no such thing as winged liberty ;) I'd get to studying Numismatic terminology. There is proper nomenclature for all series of US coinage. |
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Not true. Officially it is a Winged Liberty Head dime...  |
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I have been collecting off and on since the 1950's so I have been around for a while What's the coin you've had in your collection the longest and do you still have it today? |
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When my grandpa knew that U.S stopped making silver coins in 1965 he went to his local bank every week and asked for a lot of boxes, he got 6 boxes of half dollars, 2 boxes of dimes and 2 boxes of quarters, he buried them in his backyard but when he passed away my uncle sold his house to someone and now we lost that, I want to contact the owner of the house to ask him if we can rent the house for a week hopefully we find those boxes because I'm sure they are completely filled with silver
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Quote:I have been collecting off and on since the 1950's so I have been around for a while. During the 50's and 60's you could buy an acid to put on Buffalo nickels to bring out the date. Of course this destroyed the value of the coin but I was like you and was very curious so I used it on a lot of Buffs. Acid dating buffs most certainly does not destroy their value. Quite the opposite, really. You have to remember, acid dated buffs start as dateless specimens, which have very little value over face. Acid dating them can only raise the value of a dateless coin. People make the mistake of comparing the price of an acid dated coin to the price of an original coin and say that the acid date "kills" the value, but you aren't turning an original coin into an acid-dated one. You are turning a dateless coin into an acid-date. |
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Wow! Good luck with that.
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People make the mistake of comparing the price of an acid dated coin to the price of an original coin and say that the acid date "kills" the value, but you aren't turning an original coin into an acid-dated one. You are turning a dateless coin into an acid-date. I agree. While there are those who will say a dateless buffalo is worth more than a common restored date, an equal number would say the opposite and just as many will call them equal. In the market it is wash as both are relegated to the junk bin. However, revealing a better date definitely adds value above and beyond a common dateless coin. |
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