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seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭
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$13 for an undated off-center Roosie... have I simply lost my mind... or....?


Sean Reynolds
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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭✭✭
    because you collect errors and $13 is nothing ?????
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  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    Is there some doubling in his eye?

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  • p8ntp8nt Posts: 2,947 ✭✭✭
    DDR?
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,341 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that thigy at 7:00 a clip?
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  • SciotoScioto Posts: 955 ✭
    You are making a clock with off-center coins to mark the hours? This one looks like it would go nicely in the 3 position.image
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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,076 ✭✭✭✭✭
    damn YN's and there great eyesight !!!!
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  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is that thigy at 7:00 a clip? >>



    That's what I was thinking too.
  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Is that thigy at 7:00 a clip? >>



    Sure looks like it. Thats my guess also.

    Ken
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Is that thigy at 7:00 a clip? >>



    Sure looks like it. Thats my guess also.

    >>



    it actually looks like the Blakesley effect opposite a clip, and I'm interested to see what it is in hand...

    ... but it's *still* not the main reason I wanted it. Here, I'll even give you a hint....

    image

    More guesses?


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    You wanted one not all scratched up? image
  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    It's opposite day?
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,426 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is that baby a triple error coin with scratches thrown in ?

    image

    Ken
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image Man, I feel like Russ when he posts one of his "Free shot at an Accented Hair proof set" threads - you mean it really isn't obvious?

    Edited to add: the scratches are a red herring, I just didn't have another scan at my fingertips that showed the difference between the '81-P and the coin in that auction as readily.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • TavernTreasuresTavernTreasures Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭
    pre 1965?
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  • LeianaLeiana Posts: 4,349 ✭
    I did at once think it was silver, because you couldn't see the copper layer like I thought you should have been able to.

    -Amanda

    PS- the eye is doubled.
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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭
    Silver?
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    Is it an Accent Hair?
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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,492 ✭✭✭✭
    The planchette has not been through the upsetting phase of preparation?? No rim.
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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I did at once think it was silver, because you couldn't see the copper layer like I thought you should have been able to. >>



    The last two posts nailed it - I'm 99.9% sure it's silver. I collect off-center clad dimes by date and you can almost always see some of the copper core squeezed out from between the clad layers. Usually it's only visible on one face, and sometimes just a thin line, but it is invariably there. This auction had great pictures of both sides and not even a hint of a copper core.



    << <i>PS- the eye is doubled. >>



    I'll be sure to check that out as well, I know of a 1964 DDO visible on the eye, maybe this is that variety?


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • tmot99tmot99 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭
    It hasn't been rimmed yet. I guess the proper terms are blank versus planchet. Correct?
  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭
    I'm not seeing a rim formed on the one you were bidding on. Is that it?
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭
    (answer is in the last post on the previous page, I didn't expect this to get so many replies)


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,901 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sean,

    I'll bet ya $13 the coin is NOT silver...........

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  • robertprrobertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭


    << <i>(answer is in the last post on the previous page, I didn't expect this to get so many replies)


    Sean Reynolds >>



    This is still page one, Sean. Which post are you referring to?
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sean,

    I'll bet ya $13 the coin is NOT silver...........

    Fred >>




    Really? Not being sarcastic, but what do you see there that makes you so sure?


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • SottySotty Posts: 373 ✭
    you bought it cuz you wanted the coin?
  • zennyzenny Posts: 1,547 ✭✭


    << <i>


    Really? Not being sarcastic, but what do you see there that makes you so sure?


    >>





    come on, cowboy up, raise him the shipping charge and let's get it onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!
  • jonathanbjonathanb Posts: 3,722 ✭✭✭✭✭
    FWIW, I understand why Sean bid, and why Fred is doubtful. To me, the color/luster in the pic definitely look like copper-nickel rather than silver. But I'm not placing any bets based on subtle details of the color of a picture on eBay. The absence of exposed copper is a good argument in the other direction. The weight will tell for sure, once Sean gets it.

    I don't think I would have bid even if I did see this (would it really be worth that much more even if it was silver?), but it's not like $13 will break the bank in any case.

    jonathan
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    I'm not seeing a rim formed on the one you were bidding on. Is that it?

    I guess that means it needs a rim job.
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    Because it's sort of a image coin.
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  • MICHAELDIXONMICHAELDIXON Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    What makes you think it's not silver?

    For me, the strike and color tell me it's not silver.


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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The doubled eye is very common on Roosey's, grab a handful of em and you will have a few in that hand.
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>(answer is in the last post on the previous page, I didn't expect this to get so many replies)


    Sean Reynolds >>



    This is still page one, Sean. Which post are you referring to? >>



    FWIW, each user can set the number of posts per page in the "customize" tab.
  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    Who can guess why I wanted to win this coin?

    High on drugs or booz??

    Just kidding.
  • waynemewayneme Posts: 852 ✭
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,485 ✭✭✭✭✭
    my first thought was that it was struck on a nickel planchet.
    and the biggest reason you wanted it was because it was off metal , not off center. The lack of a clad layer is a dead giveaway, but then again, it could be struck on a foreign planchet, too.
    I'll see the $13 and call.
  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sean, I bet you found that off center dime because you were looking at the seller's other items after locating this!

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  • GoldenEyeNumismaticsGoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭
    I like it!
  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>High on drugs or booz??

    Just kidding. >>




    No, but that *is* the answer to "why did I add Yuliesky Gourriel to my fantasy baseball roster?"

    I'll be sure to bump this thread when the auction coin arrives and I can both weigh it and examine the edge.


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    The planchet has. been through the upset mill, it is not a type I blank
  • ccexccex Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭
    You wanted to make a weird dime into a Love Token, and this one had lots of surface that didn't need to be tooled down before you engraved?
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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well it's a good thing I didn't take Fred Weinberg up on his bet, because the coin arrived today and as he said, it is on a clad planchet. There is no hint of copper bleeding onto either face of the coin, which is what made me suspect it was silver, but the edge clearly shows a copper core.

    So... anyone want an off-center clad dime? image


    Sean Reynolds
    Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.

    "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor

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