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jmkendall Pillar of the Community United States 1590 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 6:55 pm I was told that maybe I needed to stop focusing on possible errors and varieties that need magnification. So instead of a possible RPM that would require magnification, I thought I would post something that is naked to the visible eye. Any Ideas? Report this Post to the Staff

tumbleweedtrumpet Pillar of the Community United States 1418 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 6:57 pm It's not an error, just a rough life. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 7:02 pm Well, not exactly... I was the one that told you to stop focusing on coins that have little issues that need magnification for visibility, but I never said that about die varieties. Errors and varieties are two completely different balls of wax, and RPMs are included in die varieties. Some of them are very valuable to some people, and they require at least some magnification to be readily visible. What you are looking for is mainly errors, and to the error market at large, the error has to be quite obvious to have value. That's where I was headed with my statement - it had nothing at all to do with die varieties. Keep the two separated and you'll be a lot better off in the long run. By the way, this coin is the result of a grinder and someone with the time to grind one side off the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
USMCLion Valued Member United States 188 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 7:08 pm Somewhere in a dark basebent some sick SOB is laughing. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 7:34 pm For a number of years I guess a dime was worth THAT much more than a cent that thousands and thousands of cents were shrunk in size through acid baths or grinding to make them fit into parking meters and other dime-acceptable vending machines. Back in the day of size alone, they worked. Now that we have computers that can read weight, size, and signature, that sort of trick would never work. Alas, it should...anyone willing to spend the hour it takes to turn a cent into a dime should get the nine cents they were looking to save. Report this Post to the Staff
quiquelo Valued Member Colombia 86 Posts	Posted 12/13/2010 8:26 pm Quote: anyone willing to spend the hour it takes to turn a cent into a dime should get the nine cents they were looking to save Good point! Report this Post to the Staff
Maineman750 Pillar of the Community United States 3592 Posts	Posted 12/14/2010 8:09 pm Funny you say that...we used to grind the edges off a penny on the side walk to make it the size of a dime...then bought a coke from the machine. I wonder why we haven't seen any of those posted ? Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 12/14/2010 10:46 pm maineman - we have...hundreds of times over. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 12/15/2010 09:33 am Acid dipped coins: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...ed_Coins.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...ison-jpg.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...h_Anyone.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
timsumrall Pillar of the Community United States 1256 Posts	Posted 12/15/2010 3:23 pm During my father's AF tour in England, we could not have cents because they where the same size as 6 pence. One cent could buy a really big Cadbury's from a machine. Of course some slipped through :) at the same time it really slowed down collecting. Report this Post to the Staff
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