Very Rare Back Half Of A Dime Which Is Very Thin

With the increased popuarity and precision of digital maching and router which could machine most coin metal , I think in the near future, we will have more of these ( as test pieces) or ones with newly engraved/altered faces. Want your face on a cent rather than Abe?

 

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I think that I saw this exact coin in a thread about a month ago. I wonder if the OP bought this on ebay recently.

 

The coin did NOT leave the mint like this.. It was DAMAGED post minting. I don't have a ton of post, I don't claim to be an expert on error coins but others in the industry consider me as such.

To the opening poster:
The coin is damaged.. no guessing here.. its a flat out fact.

 

You know what guys?

I think the OP has left Coin Talk, never to return, due to the huge number of incompetent jerks who don't know a true rarity when they see it.

 

OK, I won't guess. I, and the others who responded, know what we are talking about. No guessing. Just facts.

You are correct that a coin that was sawed in half would not display concentric lines like that. Your coin was defaced by a lathe, which does leave concentric lines exactly like those on your damaged coin.

I know this is not what you wanted hear but you can either face the facts that your coin has been defaced or you can keep living under the belief that you have a rare and incredibly valuable Mint error and try to find another similarly misinformed individual (hopefully with more money than sense) to sell it to. Let us know how that works out.

Apparently you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the coin-making process. Coins are not made in layers.

You might want to read the forum rules. You are not allowed to offer your damaged coin for sale like this.

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Ok i Make this very very simple for you, I am not an expert in coins (yet anyway) However I do have over 30 years of machine shop experence and i can tell you beyond any shadow of a doubt that that coin was placed in a lathe chuck and the face turned off (very poorly done at that) This coin could not possibly been minted in that manner the marking on the coin scream lathe, there is no question at all as to how the damage was done. This coin is NOT a rare mint error, it was someones attempt to make a magicians coin or "love token" both fairly common and both absolutly worthless. Don't want to sound mean, but you asked and both the experts and novices replied with the same answer, and while some were rude, you have basicly told all of us we don't know what we are talking about. That is not a great way to start on any forum AnyHoooo.... Welcome to CoinTalk

 

What I don't understand is why in the world if you thought you had a one of a kind rare error coin would u try and bend it!?

 

A little something to add....

Besides for magic purposes, coin fakers in china also do this to certain coins to make it look like something it's not. They can take a 1896, cut it in half, take a 1897 S, cut it in half, and place the two together in a fake PCGS slab. They now have a 1896-S, which is normally worth several hundred dollars.

 

Oh man, too funny. How sad is my life when these kind of threads are my entertainment? :|

 

I dunno why anytime someone comes on this forum with an "error" they won't accept expert advice (even from Doug for crying out loud), but instead they want to argue.

I mean seriously, if your so adamant that it's really an error, you sign up to ask for advice, then want to refute it and argue about it, then what's the point of even signing up to begin with?

 

I have seen more wantabe errors in the past year on CT than I have seen in 50+ years of collecting

 

Yes, I do!

 

We need to create another section of the forum entitled "Ultra rare errors". It should have an opt in requirement like the General discussion page. People can list all of their 43 copper cents, 65 silver coins and squeeze jobs there.

 

You have a sad life :yes:

 

I've been cnc machinist for over 15 years and look exactly to a machined part. great photo thoguht welcome to our forum

 

Ok after doing more researching how coins are made and a video of a coin being stripped on a machine lathe now I'm convinced you all were right.

I apologize calling you all guessers. I can be very stubborn and when I think I'm right I think I'm right. Now after this I know nothing is impossible, anything is possible :yes:But It's Still Very Rare and Unique and It's Not For Sale unless someone offers me a Million Bucks for it LOL. Just kidding.

 

It's not rare. It's not unique. Unless you give or throw it away, you'll have it for the rest of your life.

 

I know that, i was joking didn't you see the LOL at the end of it.

 

You were not the first and you will not be the last. But you are one of the very few that was willing to admit you were wrong and we were right.

Welcome to CoinTalk. You can learn a lot about coins here (if you put on your listening cap).

 

Too bad, I was hoping its a real error and that you would make 54 YouTube videos of it and mention it from time to time in unrelated threads