why did it sell for that much?! didn't the person that buys stuff like this for that amount of money supposed to know what things are worth?!
Supposed to know is the key phrase But unfortunately there are many out there who do not know and they get caught up into buying such garbage..it's not the first time. Sad.
There is always that grandfather that thinks "hey! Its a good idea to start a coin collection for my grandson Jimmy"... thats why the tv channels for coins do so well even if its too dang expensive...
If its one coin smashed into another... Then how did the eagle head and half the lettering on top and the e pluribus unum get imprinted ontop of the dime into Roosevelts forehead?
This sort of thing can be made by pressing a dime into some piece of metal, and then pressing that piece of metal into another coin. This is sometimes called a "vice job".
No a vice job it how they describe squeezing one coin into another. (Resulting in incuse reversed images pressed intot he coin.) What you have described is the creation of a false die by using a coin as a hub, and then pressing that false die into the coin. And that is what this thing appears to be. Over struck with a false or soft die. (Probably a false die, a soft die can't typically raise the images are well as they have been on this coin.)
Maybe two people who have deep pockets and like coin art decided they had to have it and got into a bidding contest. It's art, in the same way some people carve dimes or quarters to create new portraits or interesting symbols. It's still a real quarter, just enhanced to create an artistic piece of sorts. One thing I learned when it comes to art, never underestimate people's ability and desire to fork big money for art that you or me don't understand or like, or think is dumb.
Thank goodness some members finally put and end to the "struck dime smashed into a quarter" NONSENSE! I was enjoying all the replies with my morning coffee. .
