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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fred Weinberg, post: 2987819, member: 86437&quot;]It looks like a nice example of a &#039;clamshell split&#039; planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>The damage/rim hits do hurt the value, whether it&#039;s a 14-D or a common date.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin, without the error or damage, looks like it&#039;s about $100 or so -</p><p>I&#039;d say a fair retail price (just an estimate) would be $60-$75, because of the damage. (the 14-D would be considered a semi-key date, not a &#039;rare&#039; date, imo)</p><p><br /></p><p>There are plenty of rare dates/mm coins with errors on them - and depending</p><p>on many factors, the error can add or subtract value to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, back in 1974 I bought a huge collection of mostly type coin errors -</p><p>in the deal were 6 1921-P Mercury Dimes&nbsp; (key date), GEM Original lightly Toned</p><p>BU&#039;s - that were struck 5%-10% off center.&nbsp;&nbsp; At the time, the normal 1921 in that</p><p>condition was worth about $1,200 or so.&nbsp; Because of that very high price (1974) </p><p>no error collector would pay $1,200,;&nbsp; no Mercury Dime&nbsp; collector would pay</p><p>that&nbsp; $1,200 value for a &#039;not normal&#039; 1921 Mercury Dime.</p><p><br /></p><p>I eventually sold them for $700-$800 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, the normal coin is worth $3,000 +, and the error might, repeat might,</p><p>be worth a $300- $500 premium over that level -&nbsp; because you can buy the </p><p>same error, same condition, but common date, for $200-$250, and only a specialist</p><p>would be willing to pay 10-15 times the common date value for the error; that</p><p>specialist would probably be a Mercury dime collector, not an error collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a few thoughts to contemplate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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