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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Here is a nice example of an over-abraded die, a so-called "broken nose" Mercury. Too much more and she would have lost the nose  This is similar to the 3-legged Buffalo nickel except that a 3-legger will run you about $1000 for a decent example while I paid $4 for this one.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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how interesting! is over abraded the same thing as a filled die?
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Valued Member
United States
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Malissa, I believe an over abraded die comes about as a response to a clash, gouge, or some type of mark that isn't supposed to be on the die. When a mint employ begins to polish the unwanted mark off the die, sometimes they go too far and rub part of the design off the die, resulting in an over abraded die.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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aha! I want something like that now too! green eyed monster grabs me fast these days. :)
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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You know I never knew it was lady liberty on this coin. I always assumed it was Mercury himself.  I take it they just call it a Mercury dime because of her winged hat, like that of Mercury?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Technically, the name for a Mercury dime is "Winged Liberty" dime but Mercury stuck in the common vernacular because of the cap. |
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So it's a bit like calling 1 cent a penny then. More common usage than official?
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Pillar of the Community
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So it's a bit like calling 1 cent a penny then. More common usage than official? Right, except some experts slam collectors for using the word "penny", but no one blinks an eye at the use of " Mercury dime" |
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Bio, that's a cool coin.  |
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Same thing with the Buffalo nickel, Barber coins, and others, just the popular terms. "Penny" is basically a holdover from our British Colonial times, the United States had never issued a "Penny". It's more on the same idea as "2-Bits" in reference to a Quarter. ~ JimEdited by Jim Archibald
05/08/2009 08:08 am
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Quote:Technically, the name for a Mercury dime is "Winged Liberty" dime but Mercury stuck in the common vernacular because of the cap. Which in itself is odd because Mercury did not have a winged cap. He had winged sandels or feet. Quote:
"Penny" is basically a holdover from our British Colonial times, the United States had never issued a "Penny". Oddly enough Britain had never issued a copper penny either. In fact they had not issued a penny coin for almost a hundred years when our cent came out. And the British penny was a silver coin smaller than our disme. Our cent and it's nickname of "penny" came from the New York Penny. A non-existant money of account where the New York Penny was equal to 1/90th of a Spanish dollar. Since New York was the commercial center of the US everyone was familiar with the New York Money of Account and it was the closest in value to that finally adopted for the US coinage. A US cent was much closer in value to a New York Penny than it was to the non existent British penny, or the British half penny in everyday usage. |
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