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1940-S Roosevelt Dime.... Am I Crazy? This Shouldn't Exist....

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 Posted 10/21/2020  01:14 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add silverstash119 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
So.... question.... this dime says 1940, minted in San Francisco.... what gives? Anyone seen this before? It weighs 2.41 grams, which seems a little light but it's also pretty worn. From what I know this coin shouldn't exist?



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 Posted 10/21/2020  01:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrapeCollects to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a 1949-S, just worn
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Thanks! Should have know that... that's why I held off from screaming that I found some kind of holy grail.
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Couldn't be a 1940.
Roosevelt was still alive and just elected for his third term as President.
He didn't die until 1945.
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Agree, most likely a damaged 1949-S.
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Yes, thinking '49. Certainly not a '40.
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OR the Mint was experimenting with that just in case.
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@justcarl

That was my initial hope! I knew though that I just had to be looking at it incorrectly...I had googled though and saw a couple other people that thought they found 1940 Roosevelts, but absolutely most likely thing is that it's a 49. My initial thought was that it was counterfeit for some reason, hence why I listed the weight...,

Although I could try to sell on ebay with the title "1940 Roosevelt dime Error Coin! Rare!!" And start bidding at $5,000 and see if there are any takers

Jk.... wouldn't do that... I just laugh at the high price "errors" I see on ebay sometimes though....
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OR the Mint was experimenting with that just in case.
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Also interesting, it looks to me like the font for the "9" has changed between 1949 and 1959. In '49 the tail comes off the number from more of the right side of the circle center, in '59 it seems to break off the circle more from the center. I'm guessing this was done to prevent "0" and "9" being confused with wear? Just looks slightly different to me.
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