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Old January 31st 04, 10:03 PM
F B
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Default Dime experts please

I know this may make you completely nuts with out a pic, nothing I can
do right now.
Yes, I am still "grading" my coins. I always pull out weird things
from circulation, stahs them away and forget about them. I did find an
odd dime in this collection of crap. I'll do my best to discribe it so
one of you may know what it is.
Roosevelt 1967
First thing that caught my eye was the very heavy rim, copper and
rounded over
not square to the surface Shake your haed and move on!!!
deep rim on obv and rev, some letters Y&T are only tails, "WE" is just
the E
I placed it on top of another dime and it sat inside it. So a little
smaller. I then took a half dime and the half dime sits inside this odd
one. Was there a 3/4 dime?
The surface is hard to explain. All the characteristics of a Roose are
there, they just look pitted? but a dull silver color.
Any ideas what this could be with such a crappy discription? vbg
Thanks for any help.
Doris

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Old February 1st 04, 01:51 AM
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Could have been trapped in a coin counter or other machine for months or
years, spinning long
enough to fold up the edge. Or might have been done "just for fun" Or maybe
to jam a vending
machine someone hated. Or for a magic trick. Or maybe an emergency repair
to some machine.
In general, mint-made errors where coins are struck without the collar or
multiple times are
LARGER and thinner than normal coins. Some people collect mutilated oddities
like this, might
be worth a quarter to someone.
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Old February 1st 04, 02:47 AM
Alan & Erin Williams
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Frank Provasek wrote:

Could have been trapped in a coin counter or other machine for months or
years, spinning long
enough to fold up the edge. Or might have been done "just for fun" Or maybe
to jam a vending
machine someone hated. Or for a magic trick. Or maybe an emergency repair
to some machine.
In general, mint-made errors where coins are struck without the collar or
multiple times are
LARGER and thinner than normal coins. Some people collect mutilated oddities
like this, might
be worth a quarter to someone.


If there is a market for mutilated coins, I am wealthier than I knew. ;-)

Alan
'has seen some beauts'
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Old February 1st 04, 01:23 PM
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Frank,
Thanks, that is a great deal of ideas. I had never thought of most of
them.
Thanks again
Doris


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Old February 1st 04, 08:22 PM
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Thanks Leo. I'm not sure I would say this one is "hammered" tho. way
to smooth on the rim. Perhaps I may have to invest in a camera.g
Since I am not used to "asking" hubby, any suggestions out there?
:-))))
Doris

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Old February 1st 04, 08:57 PM
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"Leo M. Cavanaugh III" wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:47:55 GMT, Alan & Erin Williams
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If there is a market for mutilated coins, I am wealthier than I knew. ;-)


Same here, Alan. My brother-in-law sifted through the lint collector of an
old industrial dryer. Ugly, ugly, *butt ugly* mutilated coins all, although
some of them have spectacular toning.

I've got some $200 worth of mutilated coins but the local branch office of the
Federal Reserve says they don't deal with the public. Obviously no bank will
accept them so I'm stuck for the time being.


I'm purifying the money supply through roll searches. I keep all the
Canadians and any coin which *I* consider to be degraded beyond
usefulness. Since I have no problem re-rolling 'parking lot pennies',
tarred, acid-etched, scarred, scraped and battered coins, you can
imagine what state *those* are in. ;-)

Alan
'the bent and folded'
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Old February 1st 04, 11:59 PM
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On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 19:57:55 GMT, Alan & Erin Williams
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"Leo M. Cavanaugh III" wrote:

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 01:47:55 GMT, Alan & Erin Williams
wrote:


If there is a market for mutilated coins, I am wealthier than I knew. ;-)


Same here, Alan. My brother-in-law sifted through the lint collector of an
old industrial dryer. Ugly, ugly, *butt ugly* mutilated coins all, although
some of them have spectacular toning.

I've got some $200 worth of mutilated coins but the local branch office of the
Federal Reserve says they don't deal with the public. Obviously no bank will
accept them so I'm stuck for the time being.


I'm purifying the money supply through roll searches. I keep all the
Canadians and any coin which *I* consider to be degraded beyond
usefulness. Since I have no problem re-rolling 'parking lot pennies',
tarred, acid-etched, scarred, scraped and battered coins, you can
imagine what state *those* are in. ;-)

Alan
'the bent and folded'


yeah the state of 'Maryland'

Gary

hee hee!!


 




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