Error Dime Found! (Pic Included)

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AGCoinHunter

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Nope, post mint. Its been "spooned" or tumbled a while in the dryer.
 

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:thumbsup: Sorry didn't mean to come across harsh, just have seen quite a few of these.

Broadstruck coins will be larger than a normal coin due to no/partial collar being present when struck. Also when the coin is struck it causes the planchet to spread out in a bowl like fashion.

Yours has been hammered and rolled back which is typically done with a hard object or in something that tumbles it like a dryer.

Here is a good example of a SBA broadstrike for those who are wondering.
 

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Found a halve like that the other day. It appears as if the coin is deep or flushed and the rim rises quite a bit "above the coin" on both sides. Darn, I wish we both had keepers!

apush :read2:
 

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CHAINCHOMP said:
dang, to bad it not an error...i wonder how one goes about doing that to a coin???
keep it up and hh!
Ever try to make a coin ring? Take a silver half, it's fairly malleable, tap the outside edges with the back side of a spoon. Soon the edge will start to flare, then when it's the right size, hollow out the center, smooth, and you have made a coin ring. I tried it, (takes a long time) looks cool!
 

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fistfulladirt said:
CHAINCHOMP said:
dang, to bad it not an error...i wonder how one goes about doing that to a coin???
keep it up and hh!
Ever try to make a coin ring? Take a silver half, it's fairly malleable, tap the outside edges with the back side of a spoon. Soon the edge will start to flare, then when it's the right size, hollow out the center, smooth, and you have made a coin ring. I tried it, (takes a long time) looks cool!
that sounds cool. maybe you should post a pic?
 

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How do u hollow out the middle of the coin to make the ring?? Use a drill??
 

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