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Valued Member
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Hello. What's with the 7 in this Roosevelt dime, is it post mint damage or 7 over what? Your inputs would be a great help. Thanks junjie     |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yes, it's damaged. Probably from a counting machine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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yup, post mint, as Coppercoins stated.
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Yep, damage. I agree, rolling machine got to it.
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Thank you for you inputs coppercoins, TreasHunt and Jamez.
junjie
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I believe as mentioned above this to be post minting damage, note the apparent rust marks on the 7 and slightly on the other numbers.I do not think this is from a counter as I do not believe a counter would "flatten" the #7 as it is, this would take an immense amount of pressure, I could be wrong, also do you think you could get another close up of the right side of the 7, it appears to possibly be dbl'd, again, I could be wrong, just my opinion...
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I also think it was a coin counting or rolling machine. Note the circular scratch on the neck as well as the circular damage on the 7 and the W of WE.
Thanks,
Bill
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Here is another picture of the 7. Morgans dad I don't see any doubling on the right side. However, the bottom of the 7 looks like it is short and not aligned with the bottom of the 6. Also, if the 7 has been flattened the surface should be a little smooth and won't have the same texture as the neighboring 6, dont you think so? junjie  |
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JUNJIE, I see the very bottom of the 7 flattened and the vertical part of the 7 on the left side has what appears to be a " Cud or blob" of metal ?. I still think this damage took alot of force to do, I might be wrong.It also appears that at the very bottom of the 7 is a portion of the number slightly visable, why I am not sure,do you see what I mean? |
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Hi,
This coin is exactly like the 1941 cents with slanted ones or the 1940 cents with a slash through the zero.
The 7 is damaged and the WE is damaged by a counting or rolling machine. There is nothing more complicated than that.
It's not an issue of pressure, it's an issue of a scraping done to the surface of the coin. You can do that kind of damage with a screw driver with a scraping motion.
Thanks,
Bill
Edited by foundinrolls
11/21/2008 11:20 pm
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Philippines
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Hi all. Well morgans dad, I believe Bill is right. Those lines under the 7 that goes all the way must have come from a rolling or counting machine. Thanks for the feedbacks guys. I'll keep the coin for future reference. junjie  |
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Philippines
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Hey Bill, here's a picture of the W on WE. It is certainly slashed. I have learned a very important lesson from you. All the time my focus was only on the date without reference to the other parts of the coin. The W really supported your observation. Thanks junjie  |
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That is an important lesson, and one that others here should learn from.
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Pillar of the Community
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Chuck was the first to point out what it was. I merely observed the same thing.
If in the overall scheme of things, if we can teach people to look at all the pieces, when viewing a coin and not just the isolated letter or number, we did our jobs as numismatists. It is when looking at the entire coin that we can put the pieces together to decide if a coin is truly more than damage.
junjie, I think you are going to do very well!
Have Fun,
Bill
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11/23/2008 12:38 am
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Thanks guys, that is one valuable lesson I'll keep in mind.
junjie
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