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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I wonder if a person could "help this along" by using some sort of power tool.
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Member
United States
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Why not ? Gimme a dremel tool and a $10 Seated dime and ill give you a $50 love token |
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Quote:Gimme a dremel tool and a $10 Seated dime and ill give you a $50 love token  I agree with the pocket piece theory. I might agree with the casino theory, but those mostly affect the reeding, not the face. Pocket pieces might not be as popular as they used to be, but they were quite common at one time. I kept an Eisenhower dollar on me all through high school, but it never got as worn as these half dollars! It is quite possible, given how old they are, that these halves spent more than four years in someones pocket. It is also possible that the owner liked to frequently handle their coin. Edited by jbuck
06/09/2009 2:59 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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well now I know they are out there
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I see the rare one in that condition, but most in a box are XF at a minimum. G-4 JFK halves should be worth more as they are a conditional rarity right? Quote:
I found all these from boxes. Yes they are very rare. Much rarer than Walkers. These definitely are not casino coins; Casino coins lost reeding completely very early before the faces deteriorate below XF. Worth more? I don't about that. Who wants pay for a premium here? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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there are some guys that like to put together lowball sets, and compete on pcgs in the registry. So pieces graded poor-1 are usually worth more than ag or fair specimens because they are usually impossible to identify via date and mintmark at such a low grade state
-XoG
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found one very worn (VG) 1971 in the box and a half I went through today.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think someone took a beltsander to them!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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IMO, those are classic pocket coins, I have been carrying around, everyday, since my son gave it to me, in 2002 a bi-centennial-IKE Dollar, for good measure and a keepsake and it is wearing slowly, just like it should be, so, YES some people do still carry coins this way, I only carry the coin in the small coin pocket in my jeans(alone).....
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Member
United States
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My moneys on the beltsander  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Those are amazing - I never heard of pocket pieces till this thread - Makes sense.
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New Member
United States
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Question from a newborn to the realm of coins.
Would it be completely erroneous, foolish and stupid to suggest, that in addition to the 'pocket coin theory', perhaps nature worked on the coins surface with its version of a belt sander?
If the forces of nature, such as wind, rain, and temperatures exerted upon natural elements such as sand or dirt, cause these elements to move/shift, over the surface of a coin in this case.
Could long term exposure to such natural conditions be entertained as a possibly 'natural wear theory'?
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Member
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Sure it could if you got about 100 years or so |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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And would it do it without leaving signs on corrosion?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
790 Posts |
Could you do that with a rock tumbler? Would a rock tumbler take off the reeding?
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Posted 06/09/2009 1:49 pm
