I know very little about coin errors, but I have held onto a Barber Dime that I am guessing is a error. If anyone could give me some advise about this coin. I was once told it was counterfiet but with no explanation. I couldn't understand why someone would make a fake coin to look like this, plus it has been in my family for over 80 years. Thanks for any help, I am going to try to attach photos.[/IMG]
Honestly, it doesn't even look like a Barber Dime at all. If it was supposed to immitate a Barber Dime, it is the worst/ crude couterfeit I have ever seen, plus it also looks like it could have been well circulated too.
Thanks for the info Well thank you both for the info, well as you can tell I know nothing about errors. The only reson I thought it might be is the way they stamped the back several times as the coin or they rotated. Oh well I guess it is just a keep sake, maybe I had a poor forger in my family, I know I have the poor right. Thanks again
one reason why it's a counterfeirt is the face's outline... no lips. a real barber dime has lips. my guess is that it might be a fake barber dime for a kid's playset or something to that degree. either that or it's a prototype for someone learning to counterfeit money back in the day
I agree it appears to be a poor counterfeit. However, if your wondering why someone would counterfeit a dime, cent, nickel, etc. you should realize that at one time in our history a dime ment something. You could actually buy things with just one dime. For instance a pay telephone would take a dime and you could call someone and talk for hours for a dime and if it was a fake dime, the phone didn't know that so your call was free. During the depression a dime would buy a whole loaf of bread and you'ld get change back. So counterfeiting coinage at one time was very profitable.
