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1907 error barber found on nj beach

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lefthandedjim

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Hello All.I was hoping to get some help with this 1907 I think the date is.Well I will start by saying the whole front is BACKWARDS.The date reads 709? I believe is a 1.THEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is reverse also.then the body facing the other way.On the back it reads CENT ONE and when you turn it over it is not the right way.Ihavnt cleaned the coin.If anyone knows what type of error this is PLEASE contact me at jimmyb8624@yahoo.com. Coin is in rough beach found condition.THANK YOU
 
Wow, that is one strange coin.
 
I don't think it is a minted dime, or silver, but one that someone took a soft metal like lead and laid on the dime and hit it as it looks like the lettering is indented in the item and not sticking out from the item. What did it read like on the detector?
 
Someone impressed a barber coin onto a lead planchet .. still a cool find though !! :thumbup:
 
Dime One, however, isnt a mirror image as the opposite facing bust! So the whole storey has not been told. Puzzling!
 
Alterations looking like this are sometimes called sandwich coins in where "two or three coins are placed in a pile then hit with a hammer. The blow drives the coins together, impressing the design into the surface of the adjoining coins, appearing as an incuse image with lettering reversed. The impressions would be sharp edged and normal size. If it where a genuine brockage strike the edges of the design elements would be rounded and would tend to be enlarged and or distorted. If there is evidence of the other side being flattened the piece is an alteration." reference "Official Price guide to Mint Errors" by Alan Herbert What is still puzzling is the DIME ONE reverse. Are the letters embossed or incuse on the coin, if you can tell. Too bad it is in rough condition.
Still a cool find especially if it's silver.
 
Hello everyone.Thank you for your help with this coin.I was hoping to find a real special error.But,it turns out not to be Silver and bent when trying to acid test it So it must be LEAD..Great responce from people..THANKS AGAIN
 
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