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<p>[QUOTE="talinmaplewood, post: 1354869, member: 34380"]Hello:</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't get on this site near enough but I do appreciate the help the pros here helping us amateur numismatist figure out just what do we have <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I could spend hours BS'ing about coins and could bore my relatives and friends to tears at times.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a 1978, maybe 1976 dime with some errors. The mint mark, I believe it to be Denver but might be Philly, is filled in and shaped like a box. If you hold it at the right angle it almost looks like it was struck with a S over a d but I don't know if that is possible. In the "In God We Trust" it looks like several letters are "filled" in and the W in We is right on the edge of the coin as is the I in In. I have compared it to a normal dime and things are different. Compared to other dimes the LIBERTY is very close to the edge also and looks like a die struck in the middle of the word.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any clues from you folks out there? I did take some pictures and got a couple that show the coin somewhat well if you think it is worth taking a look at. Tough to take a picture of something as small as a dime and I only have a $150 Olympus pocket size camera so not Picasso's but they work.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I could get some feedback I sure would appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Respectively,</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Todd[ATTACH]157530.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]157531.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="talinmaplewood, post: 1354869, member: 34380"]Hello: I don't get on this site near enough but I do appreciate the help the pros here helping us amateur numismatist figure out just what do we have :) I could spend hours BS'ing about coins and could bore my relatives and friends to tears at times. I have a 1978, maybe 1976 dime with some errors. The mint mark, I believe it to be Denver but might be Philly, is filled in and shaped like a box. If you hold it at the right angle it almost looks like it was struck with a S over a d but I don't know if that is possible. In the "In God We Trust" it looks like several letters are "filled" in and the W in We is right on the edge of the coin as is the I in In. I have compared it to a normal dime and things are different. Compared to other dimes the LIBERTY is very close to the edge also and looks like a die struck in the middle of the word. Any clues from you folks out there? I did take some pictures and got a couple that show the coin somewhat well if you think it is worth taking a look at. Tough to take a picture of something as small as a dime and I only have a $150 Olympus pocket size camera so not Picasso's but they work. If I could get some feedback I sure would appreciate it. Respectively, Todd[ATTACH]157530.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]157531.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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