odd looking dime

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• CaptHenway Posts: 32,715 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2015 2:56AM

  Looks like a nice little die chip. Fairly unusual there.

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• coindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2015 2:58AM

  Sure looks like the mintmark is P. As for the extra metal at the base of bust - I won't disagree with CaptHenway.

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,924 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2015 3:22AM

  Decent size die chip - as the Capt. related!

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• silverpop Posts: 6,738 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2015 4:06AM

  thanks for the input guys and for pointing out my error in the mintmark
  
  

  https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN4yssCCR7mb5YTVkizir6fW596CzTq42vn9QYHr3yn5e8KWYHA-hyXq9OvXwVMog?key=UVNMVndKbGNVeFdJQVdkb09HcEtFUkYxYmUwamJB

  https://photos.app.goo.gl/EtRaKY4acKbo4asY6

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• johnny9434 Posts: 29,194 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2015 4:59AM

  thats kinda neat looking there, nice pick up

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• silverpop Posts: 6,738 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2015 5:55AM

  well it got my notice so I looked at it closer with my 16x mag and saw the blob of metal
  
  which thanks to you all has now been ID as a die chip
  
  thanks again guys

  https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN4yssCCR7mb5YTVkizir6fW596CzTq42vn9QYHr3yn5e8KWYHA-hyXq9OvXwVMog?key=UVNMVndKbGNVeFdJQVdkb09HcEtFUkYxYmUwamJB

  https://photos.app.goo.gl/EtRaKY4acKbo4asY6

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