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Merc Dime Struck With Token Die

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Merc-Dime-Struck-With--Token-Die
Merc-Dime-Struck-With--Token-Die
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08/15/2020 6:44 pm
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 Posted 08/15/2020  7:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
EDITED:
I was going to guess that the lion is probably facing the wrong way, (mirror image on dime) and it was squished in a vice with another world coin. But I see Ferdinand VII is not shown backwards. Now I am going to try and find a die.
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08/15/2020 7:42 pm
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It's weird because all the Ferdinand VII coins I find have that Spanish coat of arms on the other side of the coin with the legend that reads Ferdin VII opposite side.
Of course it makes no sense that a Mercury dime could be mistakenly struck by a die from the early 1800's. Perhaps somebody was trying out making fake reales using a Mercury dime as a planchet and failed miserably.

Too bad they used a 1916 D to try it.
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08/15/2020 7:58 pm
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that would make my day,ty for the insight
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Just my guess, you're welcome.
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That's very interesting, but I haven't the slightest idea how this one came to be.
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well...im sticking to struck with a token die
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Looks like a vise job to me. Clearly PMD.
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of corse it is jim,that is clear
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