Could a well trained eye take a look at this🙏🏻 1 1

[CherryO]

I walked into a high end coin shop in Washington, and asked if they had any junk silver “I’m always lookin for a deal “

He looked at me side ways and chuckled, and said he had 1955-S BU rolls. The price was right so I bought em. 

I’ve never seen a roll like this, much less nail polished shut. I could see one roll was opened but the other two were still sealed up. We BS’d for a bit, good old guy only job he’d ever had. 

I got home and put the open Roll under the Scope. I found three different S mint marks with this one showing a die crack and what looks like a Maryland Monroe beauty mark. 
 

I’ve looked through a variety book but couldn’t find any pictures or references to this. Searched google and a couple forums. Nothing on photograde. 
Any one seen this before? There are three like this in this roll. Any help is appreciated, 

is it rare? 
is it worth more that melt? 
Can it be graded? 
Would it be worth grading a dime? 
 

[Coinbuf]

On 6/25/2024 at 1:50 PM, CherryO said:

 

is it rare? 
is it worth more that melt? 
Can it be graded? 
Would it be worth grading a dime? 

1) No

2) No

3) Yes but why

4) Yes but not this dime.

Your dime shows signs of die deterioration as the dies were worn out.   Die cracks and die chips (what you call the beauty mark) are common and are seldom items that the TPG's note on a label.  These can be interesting but do not add value to knowledgeable collectors.

I would grade your dime as MS64 from these photos giving it a value of roughly $1.60 for the silver content of the coin.

[Greenstang]

Coinbuf answered the obverse of your coin.   
As far as the reverse goes, when you say three different S mint marks, I take it you are referring to the location.  
 Up until about 1989 mint marks were hand punched into the die so position can vary. 
 

[Sandon]

   Collectors and speculators in 1955 knew that the San Francisco mint would cease production that year, so they saved many rolls and mint bags of both uncirculated 1955-S cents and dimes. Even though the mintages of these coins were lower than usual for that era (for the dimes, 18,510,000) much of the mintage was saved, and even today it may be easier to find rolls of uncirculated 1955-S dimes than a single circulated one. This explains why the dealer was willing to sell them as "junk silver". I would consider them worth holding on to, however.

  The vast majority of these coins would grade in the MS 63 to 65 range, in which the NGC Price Guide values them each at $5 to $15 (retail). The minimum grading fee per coin at NGC would be $23 ("Economy" tier), not including processing and shipping costs. Die chips and cracks are considered normal "quality control" issues, are not attributable by grading services, and do not add collector value. Mint marks on these coins normally vary in position and depth.  

[Henri Charriere]

On 6/25/2024 at 5:06 PM, Coinbuf said:

.... I would grade your dime as MS64 from these photos giving it a value of roughly $1.60 for the silver content of the coin.

But, but... the silver melt value of the coin was about $2.19, last I checked.

[JKK]

Which one in Washington? I only lived there 39 years. Now I'm about ten miles from it.

[CherryO]

Hers what I meant by 3 different looking mint marks. I did read about the s being the same. I do like the skinny perfect S @Greenstang

[CherryO]

Thank you @Sandon 

[imnotaminion]

On 6/25/2024 at 9:23 PM, imnotaminion said:

Unfortunately, my perspective that AnyAll coin abnormalities  throughout the minting process should be universally accepted as errors throughout Numismatics.

Have you heard of "CONECA"? "conecaonline.com" I once had a membership, but I let it expire. I totally forgot about the company/service. They specializes 110% in coin errors. When I had an account, I chatted only a few times. But I came across an account whom is a member of 10K+ whom only collects cuds/die chips. I'll have too re-up my "CONECA" account and send my die deterioration/die chip/cud/die ruptures coins there for attribution. Recently, I submitted 766 coins for grading, here at NGC.

Now that I know die deterioration/die ruptures/cuds are not recognized here. I'll have to send them too CONECA at some point.

 

On 6/25/2024 at 9:23 PM, imnotaminion said:

 

But check out "CONECA". I'll re-up next week for sure.

 

On 6/25/2024 at 9:23 PM, imnotaminion said:

I, am one of tens of thousands which die deterioration is appealing. However, and I'm learning myself, as I begins having coins graded that errors appearing too nearly devastates a coin is/are not it's defining value. Die deterioration too me is beautiful! But unfortunately, my perspective that AnyAll abnormalities on a coin throughout the minting process should be categorized and given alits individuality definition and universally accepted as an error throughout Numismatics.

Have you heard of "CONECA"? "conecealnline.com" I had a membership. But I let it expire. I totally forgot about the company because they specializes 110% in coin errors. When I had an account, I chatted with guys whom have tens of thousands strong members whom only collects cuds/die chips. I'll have too re-up my account and send my die detection/die chip/cud/die ruptures coins there for grading. I recent submitted 766 coins for grading here, and there are a few of my favorite die issue coins here. I know now the designation may not be labeled here and that's my fault.

 

But check out "CONECA". I'll re-up next week for sure.

 

Edited Wednesday at 03:45 PM by imnotaminion
I did not initially edit.

[Henri Charriere]

🐓:  I don't know which is worse, the ailment, which may be contagious and whose medical term slips my mind, presently, or this CONECA which enables it buoyed along with material support from its stricken members.

Q.A.:  Yes, I know what you mean. The member cites the number of grading events, not in broad, general terms, e.g., hundreds, but with stark precision: 766... Absolutely mind-boggling!  And we aid and abet it by obfuscating it by assigning the deterioration phenomena observed with clever descriptors like dies, chips, cracks and ruptures...

🐓:  I thought the one memorialized as "Maryland" Monroe was precious, beyond words.