This was the last year of the Seated Dimes. The Barber series started in 1892. This is a Variety 4 Resumed, with Weight Standard of Variety 5. It...
When you see something out of the normal on a coin ask yourself, How could this have occurred at the mint during the minting process? I think you...
It’s damaged
Definitely damaged after it left the mint.
Judging from the lack of scrapes it wasn’t there long. Nice find.
Take warm clothes. I’ve been in areas around there that still have snow in August.
You stated Gold Five Pound. I bet you wish that was a gold coin that weighs five pounds. :smuggrin:
The mint mark is definitely damaged but it still looks like a rpm to me but then, I’m not a collector of those.
5 1/2 years later as this is an old thread I must ask what you are referring to.
Gotcha. I found western S. Dakota to be of particular interest. A small mountain divides the town of Rapid City. The industrial part on one side...
It’s neat that the first four numbers repeat as do the last four numbers which are different from the first four. The note is showing some signs...
That’s a great vacation. I wouldn’t call the Corn Palace a tourist trap as it’s very nice. I’ve been twice to everyplace you mentioned and you...
Damaged and only worth what it ddd as ya on the reverse, maybe a cent more.
Very nice looking Large Cent and definitely in the AU camp. Even though I’m not good with this series I feel it’s an AU-55.
You’re welcome and welcome to CT.
I think they are neat to find, nice to have and worth very little. So grading them would be a big waste. You’d never recover the costs to do so.
But we’d have a lot less counterfeiting if it was true today.
Paddy said it.
It is my only one. Too many other coins I need or want to collect. So the few die marriages of this coin are easy to obtain but costly.
Nice try.
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