Just Bob

Congratulations on celebrating an important time in your lives. Nice gifts, too!

The Chilean coins that did sell, did well. Most went for more than the pre-auction estimate - a few for quite a bit more. With a $35K reserve, this one was going to require some deep pockets. I wonder how large the collector base is for high-end Chilean coins.

Welcome to the forum. Your dime was damaged after it left the mint, so you can feel free to spend or save it, as you like. By the way, thank you for cropping your pictures, and including both sides of the coin. Good first post.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Much appreciated.

Welcome to the forum. Your Lincoln cent is quite interesting looking, but does not contain any errors, as far as I can see. The "double rim" is the result of the obverse (front) die being slightly misaligned with the reverse die and the planchet (coin blank.) While not actually normal, it is not that uncommon, and is only worth a premium (in most cases) if the offset is enough so that part of the design is actually missing. The lines on the obverse and reverse that appear to be fingerprints are, in fact, just that - possibly from a thumb or palm of a hand, judging by the size and shape. The blob on Lincoln's head was almost certainly put there after the coin entered circulation. It does not appear to have any of the design detail pressed into it, which eliminates the possibility of it being a "struck-through" error. I would guess that it is not metal, but some glue or other substance that was spilled on the coin and hardened. If there is doubling on the reverse, closer, clearer pictures will be necessary to determine if it is something other than strike doubling, which is not valuable. I did check Variety Plus and Variety Vista, and only saw one doubled reverse for this year and mint mark, and your coin does not match that one, as far as I can tell.

If you found the coin in circulation, and it does not have polished fields like the coin pictured below, it is not a proof. With only a few exceptions, coins minted for circulation in Philadelphia before 1980 were minted with no mintmark.

I have not yet put forth an opinion in this thread. I have, however stated seven facts. (Nine, if you count these last two.) I would still like for you to explain to me how the above statement concerning doubled die obverses on Anthony dollars relates to a repunched mint mark on a 2005 Roosevelt dime. I am not blind, as you suggest. I am more than willing to listen to your explanation.

Please explain to me how this relates to the possibility of a coin minted in 2005 having a re-punched mint mark.

Mr Lange's statement is not an opinion. It is a fact. It isn't a point of view. It is the result of actually learning about the coining process. Do some research into how dies are made, especially how the process was changed in 1990/91, and again in 1994, for circulation strikes - including mint set coins. If you read up on it, you will understand why your coin could not have a Re-Punched Mint mark. It could be a doubled die, but the pictures are too fuzzy to make that call.

What makes you think it is steel? Is it strongly attracted to a magnet?

The blue/brown color of that Farthing looks great. Super nice example.

Hey, Mike! Glad to see you are still alive and kicking. Congrats on the registry award. I hope your health and your wife 's continue to improve. Do you still have recordings from when you were in Left Of Heaven? I lost the ones I had when my old computer went down.

John Davidson had a Grocery/Confectioners/Cafe from 1900 to 1906 in Port Gibson, MS. The newspaper excerpts are from June 4, 1903 issue of the Port Gibson Reveille. This token is an example of a conservation attempt gone terribly wrong. I decided to soak this token for several months in olive oil, along with a few LIncoln and Indian cents. Apparently, the metals reacted with the oil and each other, and things went all weird. It came out with light and dark areas, and lots of different colors. The orange area on the reverse is where one of the Indians was resting on the token. Lesson learned: soak tokens and coins one per container.

Well, I've already embarrassed myself on the '34, so, what the heck. I will say MS63.

It's sort of pretty, though.

Sorry, but it is a fake.

Welcome to the forum. Although it looks quite "iffy" to me, I hope your coin is genuine, but, please be aware that these are heavily counterfeited, and can be bought directly from the forgers in China for $7-$8 apiece, including shipping.

I just looked at the obverse picture again - this time on a 22" flatscreen monitor. I can see marks that I missed when viewing it on my phone, but I still don't see it as an MS62. Waiting on those reverse pictures....

Why do some denarii say "AVGVSTVS," and others say "AVGVSTO?"

Wow! I missed that one didn't I!? Now, you have got to show a picture of the reverse.

Not my area of expertise, but it looks a little too perfect to be real. I could be mistaken, though. It appears to be a (gold plated?) copy of a gold aureus, but it actually resembles a silver denarius more, in my opinion.

Looks like ODV-002, the Medium Motto variety. MS65?

Welcome to the forum. I believe Liberty was a private mint in Utah, that ceased operation in 1999. Since the company is no longer in business, their products may be slightly more collectible than the average modern bullion piece. But ,as JKK pointed out, they still don't command much premium over the value of their precious metal content.

Judging by the shadow, I think it is raised. Nice find.

Welcome to the forum. Please post a picture of the full reverse of the coin. And, a picture of the obverse, as well, just for reference. Thank you.