1871 Seated Dime - Double Struck In Collar error help
Butteredfatkid
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Hey everyone, I'm looking to get some help and advice on this 1871 seated dime error I recently recieved. The light colored scratches are on the plastic not the coin. On the obverse a second strike can be seen showing the outline of liberty sitting all the way up to her head, as well as the date at the base - about 20% rotation. The reverse is a bit more worn, but the lettering of "ONE DIME" can clearly be seen with the same rotation, as well as the stalks from the wreath in the open fields.
After doing some research I believe that this is worth grading, but wanted to hear others opinions. I tried to see what I could find on ebay, great collections, and heritage auctions about sold pricing for this type of error. Typically they sat at one-two hundred but those were for the more common instances of this error, especially in indian head cents. However I never found a listing or auction record for a seated dime with this type of error at all. Are the double struck in collar errors especially rare for the seated dimes? What would that change as far as value?
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Can you take pictures out of the holder? it's hard to tell what's going on behind the issues with the holder, and there's a chance that the apparently second strike might be some sort of shadow from the holder also.
I agree with Jonathon, the image may be on the holder because it was there for years and coin removed to picture.
I think the thin plastic covering the coin was pressed into the coin and took its shape (molded to it).
Then the coin rotated inside the holder. Now it looks like a second strike due to the previous transfer of shape to the plastic.
I never thought of that explanation... though certainly logical. I hope the OP can post pictures with the coin out of the plastic....or at least come back and tell us if that was the issue....Cheers, RickO
Not returnable if removed from holder.
This. You can clearly see it on the "ONE". That "rotated O" is floating above the actual struck O.
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I agree it is the holder as the taper of the date matches the wear on the coin. It wouldn’t match a AG coin like that
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
Not a double struck in the collar error.