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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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I bought this today along with some 90%. It weighs 1.90 grams; the diameter is right. Why would anyone fake a non-key date (this date is obviously illegible) Mercury dime? The seller also had some obviously fake Seated Liberty coinage he was convinced was real - he also though this merc was real. Thoughts would be appreciated! R.   Edited by Roma2021
02/23/2025 05:25 am
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 United States
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Hard to say why @roma. Could it be a contemporary counterfeit?
"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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like an old beat-up dime to me.
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Pillar of the Community
 Italy
1130 Posts |
@spence...possibly, but even circa 1916-1945? I know a dime was worth a lot more but there has to be some material costs in making a fake dime vs a dollar? Or gold coin, but I suppose a dime is a lot harder to detect and unlikely to be heavily scrutinized... Curious what others think.
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United States
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Maybe Francis LeRoy Henning had a side-gig?  "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
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With the photos posted, I'm seeing what appears to be post-strike damage on a legit Mercury dime. |
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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@keith...the slickest culled Barber dime I have weighs 2.21 and has much less detail than this coin at 1.90... |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5662 Posts |
Perhaps some of the surface metal has been eaten away by acid?
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United States
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looks real to me in these images - possible this one was in an acidic environment for a while..
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Pillar of the Community
Italy
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The it is real... By acidic environment, I have to imagine ... In actual acid.
Why/how 1.90 grams?
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Coin is what would be a typical sewer find .
When I had my shop ,the city guys would bring
Stuff like this in quite a bit .
It is underweight and corroded due to leaching .
XRF would confirm it is silver. NOT a counterfeit.
Grades as SF01. .sewer find 1.LOL
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Posted 02/23/2025 06:41 am
