Barber Dime good or bad?
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I'm leaning towards counterfeit. It was in a 100 dollar face bag of barber dimes I bought and it just caught my eye and looked funny.
To me the date looks funky and the blob of metal on "one" plus it looks mushy. It may just be wear who knows.
What's your opinion.....
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My guess is genuine.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
If that is counterfeit it would have fooled me.
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No real reason to counterfeit it. Probably just cleaned.
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You can weight it. It might be slightly light due to wear. See if weight is off.
Why would someone counterfeit a Barber dime?
Genuine, roughly handled in my opinion.
Why did the Chinese counterfeit a 1958 cent?
You can't trust anything these days, even when it is dirt common.
Why would someone counterfeit a Jefferson nickel? It's been done.
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Many in Henning's day, counterfeiting 5 cents was worthwhile. When I was kid, you could buy a Coke or candy bar for 5 cents. The Hersey bar was 5 cents for years.
Well Dan C just did the reveal on that Soviet nickel.
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The candy bars remained at 5 cents through the end of 1965. The price jumped to 10 cents in early 1966. I recall this happening during my freshman year in college. I bought many candy bars from the dorm vending machines!
Because they could, just like COVID and no one stopped them!
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At least there was more profit in the 1967 lead quarter I found in circ. many years ago.
There's actually a fair number of contemporary counterfeit Barber dimes. Most frequently 1909 in this area. Some members of the local club call them Rochester counterfeits. They were silver washed copper.
I’m still trying to picture $100 fv in Barber dimes…..that’s a bunch!
It looks good from here.
Well, as a modern counterfeit. I've heard about counterfeit kennedy halves, but dimes wouldn't be worth it. Now if it was contemporary, that would be much more exciting.
Type collector, mainly into Seated. -formerly Ownerofawheatiehorde. Good BST transactions with: mirabela, OKCC, MICHAELDIXON, Gerard
Depends on composition. A modern counterfeit Barber of silver washed copper would be profitable.
How many do you want?
Maybe you'd like a complete set
In the Barber era, the purchasing power of a dime was about $3.50 in today's money. And it would probably have been less scrutinized by merchants than a higher denomination coin.
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Alot of letters still visible on her laurel wreath for looking so circulated......just sayin'
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