An extra corn husk on my latest 1898 Barber dime!
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All this talk of the Wisconsin quarters surfacing around Tucson made me look at this Barber dime which came to me yesterday. The coin was purchased raw from an eBay seller who made no mention of the variety. When I first looked at it, I thought I saw an extra husk below the exposed part of the corn on the right reverse.
A closer look reveals this to be a die chip. Then I reached for David Lawrence's "Complete Guide to Barber Dimes" and read that for 1898-P "one die has two chips by the corn ear, evident as extra metal in that area".
Very few people seem to collect Barber Dime varieities. Will the same be true with Statehood Quarters in 100+ years?
A closer look reveals this to be a die chip. Then I reached for David Lawrence's "Complete Guide to Barber Dimes" and read that for 1898-P "one die has two chips by the corn ear, evident as extra metal in that area".
Very few people seem to collect Barber Dime varieities. Will the same be true with Statehood Quarters in 100+ years?
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity" - Hanlon's Razor
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<< <i>Very cool, nice find Paul. If I am looking at it right, it kind of looks like you were eating potatoe chips and a small bit fell on the coin.
Actually, Tyler, the extra triangle between the wheat and the E in ONE is part of a corn chip, now removed from my scanner. I couldn't remove the triangle beneath the corn kernels, though!