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....in my own dump bag.

Yesterday I was at my dump bank getting rid of some dimes, and halfway through I noticed a few of my coins in the reject tray. This isn't TD, so I know they were not there before I got there, as this machine spits rejects out into a clearly viewable reject tray.

I grabbed the rejected dimes, and saw one was silver right away. With only seeing the reverse, I figured I just found my first Barber dime, but when I turned it over it was really cool to see that it was an 1871 seated liberty. Obviously it's been cleaned (heavily), but who cares. It's in real nice shape with full liberty showing. The first picture is front and back from my scanner, and the 2nd picture is the front taken through my 10X loupe.

Nice!!! WTG Nick!!!

That's really cool! Do you hand sort the dimes, or use a Ryedale? I was wondering how you missed it. Either way, I'm glad you caught it. Congratulations on a really nice find.

NICE!!!!, that's way better than the one I found last week. Too bad it was cleaned! I was wondering how you missed it too!

John Reich wrote:.........Do you hand sort the dimes, or use a Ryedale?......

I use my Ryedale. It misses some of the earlier and/or slicker coins, but catches all Roosies and just about all Mercs. For the volume I do in dimes (20 boxes yesterday), it's a trade off I can live with.

Excellent, congrats on the exciting snag!

sweet find

Nick that coin has great details and looks 100% original w/ no cleaning or damage. Super find sir.

BTW I have it at about a VF30 (from the second photo)