Expert opinion please

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Bacon is good.

 

It is a worn 1901 Canadian dime. Worth about a few dollars at best, details grade. The letters or whatever that is is a counterstamp - you can tell because on the reverse, the area is flattened from someone punching it onto the coin.

 

Too worn and beat up, besides the counterstamp is PMD and doesn't add anything good to it at all. Throw it into the silver pile and move onward to the next coin, better luck next time!

 

People could give you ALL sorts of opinions here... Hence the Bacon statement, and it's not out of place lol

You need to ask specific questions about what you believe you are seeing if anyone is to assist you.

Aside from the coin being worn and damaged I can't really tell what you have with the Lettering on the obverse. Is the writing raised or incuse?

I'm not convinced it's a counterstamp at this point as the wear on the reverse is the wrong orientation for Coin Alignment.

Need a better, in focus, close up of that area, properly cropped so there is no extraneous background

 

I agree with the other experts

 

.925 Silver so there’s that going for it

 

It would make for a weak filler. A lot of wear and tear and that gash is very noticeable. The silver content is its value. Thanks for sharing.

 

Awesome photos. Not an awesome coin, just silver value.

 

The over stamp is raised

 

Counter stamped after the scratches

 

Yes, I did notice they are raised. It means it was PMD struck with an object that has Incused letters on it. I see 'ORT' .

 

I think the heavy straight line in between the letters were imprinted with the letters.

 

Counter stamp is backwards
Look at the R
Am I correct?

 

Post mint damage.

 

It’s a KM#3, 1901 was the last year of mintage. Lists for $24.00 USD in Fine condition…your coin is not Fine. At grade Good (understood universally to mean G4) it would bring maybe $6.00…bringing the counterstamping and subsequent damage (rim cut ) into account, maybe $2 to $3 dollars. Melt is $1.58.

If your aim is to decipher the counterstamp, you have a whole lot of research to do to find out what the backwards ORT stands for. Good Luck.

 

Neat coin

 

I was an expert once, now I'm just retired.
Also bacon is good, but lately I prefer pork roll.

 

I think I have only met two people in my life who don't like bacon. Weird huh?