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Valued Member
United States
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Hello everyone I came across this Barber dime and to me it looks like the rim area is way to wide .. It may just be a normal dime idk but it made me curious enough to ask :)  
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not really sure- I'm thinking it might have been filed or something. What are the diameter and weight? BTW, I think you need to worry about your battery more than the coin.  |
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Valued Member
 United States
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I don't have the coin In hand , only the photo ..
So I guess it's possible that it was filed ..
I though maybe it could have been some type of error ?
Anyone's guess is as good as mine at this point ..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a "Texas-size" coin where a coin is hammered in between two pieces of leather.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the details are too good for that. A broadstrike is a possibility, but I doubt it due to the reasonably well-defined edge. If you can get it in hand, check if it has reeds.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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All I can tell you is it's NOT wear . And I'm pretty sure it's not a mint error . PMD . |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm leaning towards it being a jewelry piece.
It was in a tight bezel at one time.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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First thing we would need to know is if the diameter has bee increased. I suspect it has. If so is it a broadstrike or a mutilated coin. The rev from 12 - 3:00 looks like it might show evidence of reeding. If the edge is reeded then it isn't a broadstrike. Could it have been "Texas sized" by pounding between two pieces or leather? I don't think so because such a coin expands proportionately and this one hasn't. what it looks like is that something like maybe a piece of pipe with the proper diameter to just sit on the rim of the coin has been set on it and struck just flattening and expanding the outer rim. A steel plate with a hole in it the proper size would work the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We need pictures of the rim. That would help us determine if it is a broadstrike or PMD |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It is a ruined coin. Nice to see the LIBERTY is still there. But someone killed a very nice coin. To me it looks like just the rim area was flattened. The best of the doesn't show that it was flattened between two pieces of leather. Probably the reeds are gone. So it may have been done to fit into a bezel for a necklace?
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Posted 05/03/2016 10:13 pm
Jewelry piece or previously encased, like an 
