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<p>[QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3056168, member: 92083"]Never seen one like this before. There is a bit of a problem with this piece which is very difficult to ignore...</p><p><br /></p><p>The planchet is within the weight tolerance for a clad dime, so that's good.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would in fact be slightly smaller/narrower if it was not stamped yet, so that's good.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also appears to have the same, normal-looking contact marks that many blanks and planchets have. (Doesn't appear to have had the design buffed of or whizzed out to make it flat, otherwise it wouldn't have those types of contact marks). Yet some parts of the edge appear to have been harshly polished.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing I don't understand, and why I don't feel confident saying this is a genuine piece, is that the reeded edge is done by the collar during the stamping process...So...this would mean this coin was placed inside the collar, and the reeding was pressed, but neither the obverse nor the reverse dies were in place to strike it, leaving it unstamped on both sides? Both the hammer and anvil die would have to have been absent while the collar pressed the reeded edge. How is this possible?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would need to more closely examine the edge with a 10x loupe. Though it appears to be kosher, it isn't impossible to make these reeding marks yourself and have one heck of a unique piece, nor would it be hard to then smooth and round it off. (One purpose of reeding was to prevent people from shaving off the silver and gold from precious metal coins; if the reeding was missing, or didnt look uniform, you might be looking at the barrel of a Smith and Wesson.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am leaning towards this being modified...but then there are much stranger combinations that are genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JCro57, post: 3056168, member: 92083"]Never seen one like this before. There is a bit of a problem with this piece which is very difficult to ignore... The planchet is within the weight tolerance for a clad dime, so that's good. It would in fact be slightly smaller/narrower if it was not stamped yet, so that's good. It also appears to have the same, normal-looking contact marks that many blanks and planchets have. (Doesn't appear to have had the design buffed of or whizzed out to make it flat, otherwise it wouldn't have those types of contact marks). Yet some parts of the edge appear to have been harshly polished. The only thing I don't understand, and why I don't feel confident saying this is a genuine piece, is that the reeded edge is done by the collar during the stamping process...So...this would mean this coin was placed inside the collar, and the reeding was pressed, but neither the obverse nor the reverse dies were in place to strike it, leaving it unstamped on both sides? Both the hammer and anvil die would have to have been absent while the collar pressed the reeded edge. How is this possible? I would need to more closely examine the edge with a 10x loupe. Though it appears to be kosher, it isn't impossible to make these reeding marks yourself and have one heck of a unique piece, nor would it be hard to then smooth and round it off. (One purpose of reeding was to prevent people from shaving off the silver and gold from precious metal coins; if the reeding was missing, or didnt look uniform, you might be looking at the barrel of a Smith and Wesson.) I am leaning towards this being modified...but then there are much stranger combinations that are genuine.[/QUOTE]
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