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The die was over-polished during normal repair, that acc9unts for the floating leaves. The mintmark is damaged in the center so the "O" looks filled. (In future, please post photos not these awful screen grabs.)

Well, that is cheaper than Ozempic. How much did the dime lose? Were there side effects? (or front, back or top effects....can you add beans and get sound effects?) Sorry -- Last slept Sat afternoon. Jet lag can get nasty.

Mine flipped over to a future address....strange. It also changed my name to "Rod Serling."

Proportion of the population is the critical value. The second is our current definition of "collector." Third is the product mix availability.

It would be nice to see the final product, but I insist on paying for it. The draft materials I've read were not convincing --- But, that does not diminish the concepts of you or others. My views are built on original documents and their descriptions.

Why someday moderns will be hot: Global warming....

Too many VAMs and not enough cat lives. Nice cleaned EF with edge bump.

Try listening to what members are telling you. They are trying to help you "learn sumn." Please show the sources of your information and XRF test results, if available.

Not sure what you are reacting so negatively to. The cent is simply worn from years of circulation. Nothing more. Some corrections: Striking pressure for Lincoln cents of about 1915 was 40 tons (approx 90 per sq inch). Here's a table from the Engraving Dept. Cents were struck at the rate of 175 per minute on a single press or 250 per minute on a dual press. Toggle presses in use in 1915 had an electric interlock (invented at the Philadelphia Mint in 1910 by Leslie Lambert) that shut off the press within 5 strokes of there was a misfeed.

Please show the sources of your information and XRF test results, if available.

Your coin is valuable in the sense you describe as a pointer to people and a time very different from our own. Given the amount of wear, it might have been handled by millions of Americans and new immigrants looking for personal freedom and opportunity.

Your coin has developed hypopigmentation due to a bad case of "die surface eczema." This can be cured with our special all natural composition of natural ingredients from all natural sources including natural vitamin D, natural donkey sweat, and other healthy natural ingredients mixed in a gentle emulsion of bath tub scum and all natural roadkill extract. A large, family-size bottle is only $2,995 for a one-month supply. We guarantee your dime will be cured in 6-months or your money cheerfully refunded -- (if you can find us...)

Really nice "cud." An excellent find. Coingratulations!

The coin is more MS-61 or 62. Definitely not MS-63 based on the photos and Liberty;s scruffy facial hair. As Sandon noted, you can spend $80 and a get a much nicer 1921 or a more interesting coin.

Robert - You posted a question because you wanted knowledgeable and truthful answers regarding the nickel in your photos, and specifically its value. Unless you have suddenly become expert in numismatic errors, your best course is to pay attention to the comments from members. Also, stop watching U-tube videos on "error coins." They are nearly all lies and are there just to get money for exposing viewers to ads -- it's called "click bait." A few facts: 1) The shank on a dime die will not fit in a press that is striking nickels. 2) A struck nickel will not fit in the feeding mechanism of a dime press. Either of these make your idea impossible. 3) Another item: If a nickel were struck with dime dies all the lettering on both coins would read normally. Your first photo shows the dime image is reversed.

The Mint has produced some sloppy imitations, although they have original casts from 1921. Also, look in A Guide Book for Peace Dollars, Whitman Pub. 4th edition. (By me...)

It's a very minor point. The appearance is that "V.D.B." were added manually to two hubs. A little retouching of the strong N hub is also possible. (I've not paid attention to this since it's a deep specialist subject.) Also, neither obverse nor reverse dies were made for a specific mint. San Francisco dies became that only before final hardening when the mintmark was added. We know almost nothing about the details of die manufacture such as were they kept in a certain production order, the quantity annealed at one time, when and where were die lengths cut to fit specific presses, etc.

https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1094653/1910-reverse-of-1909-class-iii-transitional-lincoln-wheat-cent A message thread on the PCGS board includes this comment: "Peace1 Posts: 39 ✭✭✭ @robec said: I suppose then also any 1909 VDB with the dot between the D and B closer to the B will be Barber’s version since that only occurs on reverses where the N in UNITED is deep cut. "Barber’s reverse has the dot between D and B closest to the D. Brenner’s reverse the dot is centered." This is incorrect. ALL the reverse hubs with "V.D.B" were made by Charles Barber. Brenner's hub had "Brenner" in the same position. This was rejected and Barber merely replaced "Brenner" with the initials. (See Renaissance of American Coinage 1909-1915 for details and photos.)

Please weigh each side separately, then add weights together for the coin's total weight. Thanks.

What do you expect to gain from doing this --- other than exposing your coins to contamination?

It's all the revenue from dictionary sales.

Members have been trying to help you, and also save you money that you seem determined to spend on "grading and authentication." Nothing is working, so it might be best for you to send your "high rating numbers sixty nine or seventy" coins to NGC and PCGS - why stop with just one? Once you have them back, post clear photos of the coins in their fresh "Best Mint State Seventy Grade And Has Golden Toning Shade" brilliant shiny glowing professional plastic holder of deluxe paper nice label information. We all will appreciate your skill and acumen ! --- (Gesundheit, freund.)

Use of silver as an alloy for gold coins was also common to US gold for the first 50 years. The reason was to reduce time and expense of refining native gold to legal standards. If there was too much silver in native gold, foreign coins of known alloy could be added too "sweeten the melting pot." If native gold was too low in silver the mints could "sour the milk" with foreign silver coins of known alloy. The value of US gold coins was calculated on gold content, only. Any silver was a bonus.

Not sure.... What do they taste like, chicken?