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New Member
United States
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Not sure what the heck this is or how it happened, but here's a photo of what I have. The "N" in "in" appears to be inverted? Not positive. Wife took the photo for me but now I can't find the coin to check lol.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
Looks like the coin was smashed with a cent on the motto area. When this is done, you see an incuse, mirrored device smashed into your coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7005 Posts |
Looks like someone tried to make an error coin, with individual letter stamps. ...PMD...silver content value
Edited by Greasy Fingers
08/20/2019 11:16 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
No, they are transferred off a cent. Just worth melt now.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
73798 Posts |
 To CCF! Just PSD, not an error coin. Only worth Silver melt value now. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7005 Posts |
" No, they are transferred off a cent" Coop, I hate to disagree,but I respectfully do, just hold a cent up to the screen "IN GOD" would begin bottom to top..
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Moderator
 United States
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@technicium, first welcome to CCF. Second, I agree with the others that your dime has been damaged. If all of the letters were backwards and spaced appropriately, I would agree that this most likely came from being compressed against another coin. In this case, the uneven spacing and mix of frontwards and backwards letters leads me to agree with @GF. In any case, this is all damage and removes much of the numismatic value. The coin is still silver and worth saving of course.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
62064 Posts |
All you need to do, is to reverse a cent and place the them side by side and find they are a match. Only cents shows the motto on the edge on the coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Professor coop has it right as usual. This is a type of vise job.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Definite PMD but going with Coop for the cause on this one gentlemen (and ladies). The letters are incuse based on the dark color and all are reversed which would be from the motto on a Lincoln Cent. Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Moderator
United States
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New Member
 United States
3 Posts |
Thanks to all. Disappointed that this coin seems to be a construct vs a real mis-strike, but greatly appreciate the constructive input. I've had it for ~40 years, if that makes a difference. Were people deliberately creating fake mis-struck stuff way back then?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Regardless of how it happened, it is a mess now.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Were people deliberately creating fake mis-struck stuff way back then? Were there coins back then? Yes Were there bored people back then? Yes Did bored people put two coins in a vise and squeeze them back then? YES For the most part they weren't trying to make "fake errors" to sell, they were just doing it to see what the result would look like. |
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Posted 08/20/2019 11:13 pm
