Early Coin Specialists: Find the error in the image of this 1800 coin

JadeRareCoin

What's wrong with this picture?

Longacre

The picture is too high quality for Heritage?

lakeshore

It's a half-dime.
Dan

OKbustchaser

Dan, the man from Lakeshore got it right in his first post...It is a Libekty half dime (LM-3). (Although, I did have to look at the Heritage site to tell)

lakeshore

I think the other "error" is saying this coin has VG details. Wish all my VG's looked like this!
Dan

JadeRareCoin

Dan, you know your stuff!

The amazing thing to me is that both NCS and Heritage catalogers missed that is was a half dime. Crazy.

Here's the link to the auction:

Link

You will need a password to see the coin.

JadeRareCoin

BTW.......

WELCOME to the forum lakeshore!

mgoodm3

That's what I was thinking, way too freakin small for a dime.

RYK

Now, there is an error in the Heritage listing. They give pricing information and population data for a VF-20 coin.

lakeshore

lakeshore

lakeshore

Thanks for the welcome, Dennis. As you can probably tell from my blank postings above; I haven't quite figured out how to use this mode of communication yet. I've been a lurker for quite some time now, and really enjoy folllowing many of the various threads. I have always enjoyed looking at your inventory selections at the shows; I'll formally "introduce" myself to you at the Thanksgiving Michigan State show (I think you will recognize me). See you and the chicken soon.
Dan

JadeRareCoin

Dan,

I think I know who you are! I will sell you this rare error coin: an 1800 Dime struck on a Half Dime planchet. It's the only one known to exist!

BillJones

Yes, it's a half dime. NGC was such a rush to put it that ugly holder that they only got the denomination half right.

It looks like the coin might have crease running from 4 o'clock to 9 o'clock. The picture is pretty fuzzy though.

BTW it's hard to find a half dime from this era that isn't damaged.

lakeshore

Thanks for the sale offer, Dennis; but I already have two of this variety. One of them has a planchet clip that may make it one of the few known four-cent pieces. Sorry, no photo; I'm just starting to learn to walk with this digital camera and internet stuff. Heaven help me if I ever try to post a photo, I wouldn't know where to begin. I read a past thread that tried it's best to explain the photo posting process in layman's terms, but the lightbulb just didn't come on for me.
Dan