1956 D error coin in the wild?

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

I got bored in the middle of watching the Super Bowl last night and started sorting my jar of pocket change. (Chiefs won! Whoohoo!)

Lo and behold I found a silver dime! It has been over 15 years since I last saw a silver dime on the loose and in the wild! Upon inspecting it under my bench magnifying glass it might be an error coin! The tips on T and Y in "LIBERTY" are almost pointed instead of flat. They are very faint, too. The cross bar on the T is almost non-existant.

There is a 1956 D error coin listed on the 'net for $7,450. IF they can get $7,450 for that coin, mine is a cinch to get it also! https://www.etsy.com/listing/728572950/ ... gKFavD_BwE

[Saabman]

Sweet!! WTG!!

[Thogey]

picture?

[galenrog]

I can not comment on your coin, since you have not yet provided any images. The coin you linked to on Etsy, however, is a common Roosevelt dime. It shows no evidence of die doubling. There is 60 plus years of circulation wear and damage, plus some evidence of mechanical doubling. Just another silver dime worth it’s weight in silver. Etsy, like eBay, is heavily infested with sellers willing to make any claim to scam the unsuspecting out of money.

Time for more coffee.

[Sheikh_yer_Bu'Tay]

I can not comment on your coin, since you have not yet provided any images. The coin you linked to on Etsy, however, is a common Roosevelt dime. It shows no evidence of die doubling. There is 60 plus years of circulation wear and damage, plus some evidence of mechanical doubling. Just another silver dime worth it’s weight in silver. Etsy, like eBay, is heavily infested with sellers willing to make any claim to scam the unsuspecting out of money.

Time for more coffee.

Yeah you are probably right. That is why I put "IF" in capitol letters. IF that dime on Etsy can go for $7,450.00, then this one will fetch a good price, too. Looking at it under the microscope, there might have been some kind of mechanical action that would have gouged the cross bar in the T and the top of the Y off the coin.

Still, it was a thrill to find it in the first place! I will get a picture up this evening.

[Recyclersteve]

Something else that might be worth noting...

Lincoln pennies in this general timeframe (1956-1958) had so many errors/varieties that it would be difficult to list them all. There were tons of filled letters, numbers and mintmarks, BIE cents, etc. Someone else can correct me on the years- it may have been more than just the three years.

I don't remember hearing much about errors on other denominations during that timeframe. It could be due to so many more people collecting pennies as young kids who couldn't afford lots of higher denominations.

That said, it makes me wonder how many errors there really are on the other denominations that haven't officially been discovered and published because they aren't worth much.

I guess this is just a fancy way of saying that I wouldn't pay much for an error in the 50's without studying it much more closely- unless, of course it was something really cool (a la the 2004 Wisconsin extra leaf (up and down) quarters.