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What's the most obvious overdate coin visible without magnification?

PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭
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I think there is a Bust Half that might have the most visible overdate. Not sure which one, though.

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  • morganbarbermorganbarber Posts: 1,821 ✭✭✭
    The 41/42 Merc is kind of hard to miss--even on a coin as small as a dime
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  • 123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    1817/3 capped bust half would be my choice.
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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,184 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You may be thinking of the 1817/3 half, but the 1806/5 Quarter is nice also.
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  • seateddimeseateddime Posts: 6,180 ✭✭✭
    1870 /0 is not too hard (dime that is)
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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    I agree that it's probably a Bust Half such as the 1817/3 or the 42/1 Merc.

    I think that the 1844-O Half has a pretty prominent overdate that doesn't need magnification.

    Most obvious though would probably be the 42/1 Merc because it's right out there and plain as day.
  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    1797 1/1 hands-down, if you want to count it as a overdate. if you call it a repunched date, then i'd agree w/ 1806/5 quarter.

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    9/8 saint
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,148 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>9/8 saint >>

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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>1797 1/1 hands-down, if you want to count it as a overdate. if you call it a repunched date, then i'd agree w/ 1806/5 quarter.

    K S >>



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  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,907 ✭✭✭✭✭
    There are quite a few. I have to agree that the 1817/3 Bust half is the most visable along with the 1942/1 dime. However the 1820/19 & 1818/17 bust halves are quite easy to see also. Large cent 1820/19 & Maybe the1839/6. The 1918/7-S quarter is easy to see on high grade specimens.
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  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,137 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I remember seeing a foreign coin some years back..........I can't even remember the country, but it was by far the most extreme overdate I have ever seen. If I rember correctly, the coin was not even that old, seems like 70's or 80's.

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  • PrethenPrethen Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭
    Any good pix of the aforementioned coins?
  • longtimecollectorlongtimecollector Posts: 2,368 ✭
    Technically, the 1844-O half isn't an overdate..... It's a "repunched" date
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  • joecopperjoecopper Posts: 1,195 ✭✭✭
    1807/6 Large cent Large Overdate is tough to miss
  • NysotoNysoto Posts: 3,826 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For the record, the 1805/4 Wide Date half dollar is the most visible US overdate. There are only 31 known, my example is the only one that I have seen posted on this forum:


    It is easy to understand why it is rare, the obverse die shattered early in use.

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  • AotearoaAotearoa Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1807/6 Large Cent

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,203 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would say that the 1802 over 1 wide date Bust Dollar would probably be on the list.

    On the other end of the scale the 1796 over 5 half dime is best spotted from the reverse.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,910 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @morganbarber said:
    The 41/42 Merc is kind of hard to miss--even on a coin as small as a dime

    In spite of that I was never able to find one.

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,148 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1802/1 gold $5 and the 1803/2 gold $5. These two $5 gold coins only exist as overdates with no non-overdates known for those years. Both are visible with the naked eye..

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1806 over inverted 6.

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,994 ✭✭✭✭✭

    In my series I think the 1880/79cc is pretty easy to see.

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