ABSOLUTELY -----PUZZLED posted by G G's Keepers

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A hard one to figure out

 

Friends, I had a conversation with another coin bud today concerning a few dimes I purchased back in June and recieved in July. As I looked at the coins the one coin that got me thinking was the 1953-S as I saw it again in pics.

 

Why and How would a D end up in the flame of the torch???

 

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[Six Mile Rick]

What would you call this one---------The D FLAMED FULL TORCH variety?

[newprepper]

You might have to buy all the 53 S's there are, it must be a code, and until you get them all you can't decipher it

[Six Mile Rick]

ALL????

 

I could barely afford this one!!!!

[newprepper]

It might be like that nicholas cage movie, lead you to a bigger treasure!!!!!

[Six Mile Rick]

All I have figured is;

If there was to be a change made and the models were used in San Francisco mint. They may have added a letter for each model--- A, B, C, D, .

Or a letter for the finish view from the cleaning of a Die (for inspection)------ Very Puzzling.

[dadams]

Hey Rick,

I think it is called a "Dropped Letter" error. Grease/debris fills a letter or number on the die and eventually it dislodges and magically appears. - d

[JAA]

The D looks too perfectly formed to be grease debris. It's also much smaller than a mint mark. If that's not enough argument against the grease debris theory I don't think that there is any way that grease debris could fall off a die in Denver and magically appear in San Francisco. I have no idea what the D represents or why it is there but it is very interesting.

[Six Mile Rick]

Hey Doug, Dropped letter won't work as the D is too small. Maybe the mint did a prototype - test of some sort for the mint mark. The D is not pressed into the coin but it is raised and that is the confusion I'm left with.

[moondoggy]

Its a code that Ovaltine puts out. You need to order the decipher ring like Ralphie had in A Christmas Story. But I can already tell you it will say, "Drink more Ovaltine"

 

 

Mike

[Six Mile Rick]

Mike-----You drink Toooo much Ovaltine!!!

[mkman123]

Pretty neat!

[RichH]

Rick- Very interesting coin, can you share what type of premiun was paid ?