Posted 2 years ago
Terrilea
(1 item)
I found this dime and can't find another one that has the same markings. I'm so unknowledgable that I don't even have novice status. I would love to hear from anyone who has any ideas about why this looks like it does. I appreciate any help or guidance and valuable time you can offer.
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Good eye! However, that one looks to have been damaged, by being pinched in something, after it was minted. They reason I say that is the rim, around the edge. Notice it begins to flatten out, quite a ways before it gets to the really flat part. In the dies they use, this would have meant it had either been dropped onto a steel floor, or something like that, or else they had struck something a lot harder than the coin blank. Best way to tell, for certain, would be to take it to a dealer, nearby. Pawn shops have folks with a pretty good knowledge of coins, so you might hit up the local shop, they may be able to help.
Looks like it's been beat with a hammer, that's all.