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Can Someone Please Help Me Understand What Happened To This Poor Coin?

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 Posted 08/20/2016  5:38 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Sjl6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone,
Thanks for taking the time, I'm very new at all this. I've had this dime for a while & it has always intrigued me. Is it safe to assume it fell victim to both man & machine?

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 Posted 08/20/2016  5:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add cwb to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


Who knows what happened to it. It is damaged, worth one dime. I see you are using tweezers to hold it in the picture, that's fine as that dime is already ruined, but if you have collectable coins you don't want them near anything like tweezers that will scratch and damage the coin. Only hold your coins by the edge and avoid touching the surfaces.
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 Posted 08/20/2016  6:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It wasn't struck that way Note the rim area near the motto? You can see where the rim was been bent inwards. PSD.
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 Posted 08/20/2016  6:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Dustin6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
to CCF, definetley damage.
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 Posted 08/20/2016  8:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add sonchild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like it could have fallen victim to a press or some sort of heavy duty industrial clamp. It might also have been driven over, but it's all post mint damage ( PMD) for sure. That's what makes coins interesting in my opinion, every coin has a history.
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 Posted 08/20/2016  8:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
sonchild, that's a plausible scenario.

My guess was it got dropped onto the floor of a loading doc, tons of stuff landed on it, and then got dragged around a little.

We'll never know but I think your guess was better than mine.
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 Posted 08/21/2016  2:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sjl6 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks everyone for the quick response. As a newbie eager to learn a thing or two, "value & price" are secondary to the "what & "why" for now. I appreciate you all. Cheers!
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