Help with a coin I own; estimates?

Actually there is a way. I'm not telling how though.

 

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I dont have a gram scale...

 

Do you still believe it is fake, most people say real, along with a coin dealer in Chicago.

 

Take it to a jewler and weigh it, that should help decide if it is real or not. This one has me confused though, I'm on the fence to be honest with this one. Could the lettering have been added and raised the same way people add and raise mintmarks on coins? Probably not, (as I have no idea how they do that, neither do I really care to know. ) I was just wondering, I could be way wrong and off though.

Phoenix

 

Can it be made with raised letters - YES. All you have to do is make the dies and stamp (press) it. And from what I can make out of it. you have to stamp it with a dime and then the cent. i.e., you have to make both dies. With all that, I wish you luck getting a decent looking result.

 

I lean towards real. But I don't have enough experience to make a qualified determination. I've stated some of the things I saw that make me think real, and only one of the things that bugs me -- the edge letters not making a run for the border like they would with a broadstrike. However, I still strongly lean toward "real."

 

It sure looks like the real ones I've owned in the past (aside from the wrong colored photos). I expect it is real.

 

I've seen a coin like this at a coin shop and the dealer told me that the dime was struck first and then the dime was struck as a cent. I copied these images and photoshopped them and when you rotate the coin everything is right.I inverted the image and THEN everything was backwards.I think it's real. JMO. John

 

This is an authentic double denomination error, a cent struck over a dime.

 

I think it will be worth every penny (or is it dime?) to get it checked! I think you will be happy you did.

Good Luck

 

Completely REAL double denomination strike. AWESOME find!!!!

 

thanks mike. I have heard so much about you, and was hoping you would see this thread.

 

Now, does anyone have a guess at value? I realize these things are hard to put a price on. It's my understanding that with an error of this type, the first strike is usually pretty flattened and a specimen with good details from both strikes typically fetches a premium over a specimen with flattened details. But how much? Any guesses?

 

I would definetly like to know the same thing...

 

Probably the best guess you are going to get is the eBay listing posted earlier - $1400. A coin like that is probably going to vary more due to the buyers and their mood than even the guesses you are going to get.

 

I do doubt that he is going to get 1400 for that coin.

 

Well, I found another ( http://cgi.ebay.com/1999-DOUBLE-DEN...goryZ524QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ) and this one is for $2000 -- whether they get that or not is a different story. I wish I knew how to search completed auctions.