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  • dunkleosteus430
    dunkleosteus430 Posts: 595 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I think the coin might be cleaned

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  • hummingbird_coins
    hummingbird_coins Posts: 1,671 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'm going to guess that it's improperly attributed.

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  • Greenstang
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    It’s a half dime attributed as a dime.

  • MFeld
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    @dunkleosteus430 said:
    I think the coin might be cleaned

    It says “Cleaned” on the grading label. So how would your thinking the coin might be cleaned indicate what might be wrong with the picture?

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  • USMarine6
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    @MFeld said:

    @dunkleosteus430 said:
    I think the coin might be cleaned

    It says “Cleaned” on the grading label. So how would your thinking the coin might be cleaned indicate what might be wrong with the picture?

    If I had to guess he was being sarcastic

  • hummingbird_coins
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    @Greenstang said:
    It’s a half dime attributed as a dime.

    The recognized die marriages for dimes are attributed with JR, not LM.

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  • MFeld
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    @USMarine6 said:

    @MFeld said:

    @dunkleosteus430 said:
    I think the coin might be cleaned

    It says “Cleaned” on the grading label. So how would your thinking the coin might be cleaned indicate what might be wrong with the picture?

    If I had to guess he was being sarcastic

    Thank you - that would explain it, even if it didn’t cause me to laugh.😉

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  • Smudge
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    @Greenstang said:
    It’s a half dime attributed as a dime.

    It says H10 cents.

  • EastonCollection
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    it should be graded ms-70, deep mirror prooflike?

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  • DesertCoin
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    The reverse is rotated 180° folks

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  • The_Dinosaur_Man
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    I do like the die rotation, otherwise that coin is better off in an album.

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  • jacrispies
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    Good catch!! I have not seen a 180 degree rotated capped bust half dime yet. Wish this was the first!

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  • Bikergeek
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    @jacrispies said:
    Good catch!! I have not seen a 180 degree rotated capped bust half dime yet. Wish this was the first!

    Me too, Chase. I honestly believe that the purveyor thought they were doing a courtesy, putting the "NGC" and the coin facing up. But an error hunter might have gotten pretty interested in this coin's image (and may not have noticed the flip-flop at first).

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  • coinkat
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    10 C… 5C…. Close enough. Grading is hard, but all is not lost… the date is correct.

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  • Rc5280
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    Good catch @Bikergeek

  • scubafuel
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    Sharp eye! Are there actual rotated dies known in the series?

  • Bikergeek
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    @scubafuel said:
    Sharp eye! Are there actual rotated dies known in the series?

    There are some (I can't right now remember which years/marriages) but none that I know of that are as extreme as 180 degrees... and they are consistent (as far as I know) - meaning that all of the examples of that particular marriage (one obverse to one reverse) have the same rotation. That is, as far as I know - and it's an interesting thought to pursue, whether the rotations changed as mint employees noticed and corrected the rotation in the press. I think I'm going to poke around and see! It may not yield any new die remarriages but it might help pinpoint emission order.

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  • scubafuel
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    @Bikergeek it sounds like an interesting project. For bust quarters, some die varieties have known rotated dies but I believe Ive also seen some with dies that were obviously loose and causing rotations at random.

  • BStrauss3
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    @USMarine6 said:
    If I had to guess he was being sarcastic

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