Double Denomination

I'm new to the site and was advised to post under this forum (posted in a different one earlier).... I have what I believe to be a double denomination. Trying to figure out if there is any real value...I'm not a collector or interested in coins it's just something I've had since I was a kid. Pic isn't the greatest since I took it with my cell phone but coin is silver in color and has the side ridges (lines) of a dime.

Just looking for input with regards to value...

 

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nancy, I'd have that certified.

 

Looks Good to me! PS watch out for another guy with a similar coin.

 

By having it certified, your best bet would be to take it to a dealer (large dealer if possible) and have them submit it to one of the grading services. Could be worth in the high hundreds to low thousands.

 

It's a genuine double denomination error. There's no need to certify it as its authenticity is obvious to anyone with even a passing familiarity with such errors. They sell for around $500 - $600 on eBay these days.

 

Looks like a winner to me. I would spend the money and have ANAC slab it. (It will add interest to a far larger audience) I know that a few years ago there was a Nickel I believe that was thought to be real and turned out to be a counterfeit. You may want to contact Mike Fahey I think is his name at ANACS about this. Nice find!

 

I am still curious about the apparent rotation error. Can you give a quick flip test for each denomination? Thanks.

 

Nice dual denomination error!

 

@awordcreated....I have no idea what you are talking about with regards to rotation error and giving it a quick flip. Please remember I am not a coin enthusiast.

 

OK. I am a coin noob, but I'll give this a shot. Hold the coin (maybe try with a normal cent first so there is not confusion about the dime thing) with Lincoln's profile upright. This would have the date and LIBERTY perfectly horizontal.

If you flip it end over end in your fingers (like most US coins - not Canadians they flip sideways) the memorial on the back should come into view upright and horizontal. If you looked around sideways at the other side it would now be upside down

If, by flipping the coin the other side does not come up horizontal, but at some angle large enough for you to tell, even 90 degrees perpendicular in some cases, the dies were rotated.

Your coin will be more challenging to cipher since it has 2 obverse/reverse combinations. You need to check them both. Try it with the dime set and with the cent set. Far as I can tell from the photos there is at least one mis-match.

Give it a twirl!

 

It is a mind game trying to understand orientation of the strike.
Clashed dies sometimes drive me crazy. Yes that's a short trip for me
This one looks correct. Cool find. No need to slab it.

 

I'm confident that the coin is real...thinking of bringing it to a local coin show here in MA to confirm. Any advice on how to go about selling it since I'm not a collector?

 

Nancy,

Your best bet would probably be Ebay.

 

Any advice on how to describe it, price it, etc...? I've never sold or bought anything from Ebay so much like coin collecting, I'm clueless!

 

If it ever gets looked at do ask about rotation of both denominations, I would be interested to see what they come up with. Never hurts to attribute another error on the coin.

 

Nancy-

Here are a couple of examples of recently sold items-

Ebay Double Denominations

 

Hey, Redwin, you should have taken that 7 million before the market was flooded.

 

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It's better not to ask.

 

All will be revealed in due time. It always happens. Always.