d2
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- Mar 18, 2005
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on here? A few years back I found, on a CW battlefield, 7 quarters,23 dimes and two half dimes. All in great shape being as they had lain there since the battle in 1864 except for 2 that had been "holed" one half dime and one dime. Any way my question is this: I sent pictures to a gentleman and he said one appeared to be very rare. He went on to say that one year(I cant remember what year) that when the year changed the die was changed on the front but not the back for a few coins and then someone thought about it and changed the back or "tail" die and they went on with production. Not knowing anything about coins I carried my new found treasures to a coin dealer to ask him if they needed to be in a safe deposit box, how they needed to be stored and if they were worth anything other than the silver content. He looked at 4 or 5 coins and said " I will give you 2,000 bucks for the coins" I told him again I did not want to sell them I was just checking to see what they were worth. He said "I cant tell you what they are worth because I am a coin dealer" 
What I would like to know is this; was there a year where the workers at the mint forgot to change both dies? These coins date from 1836(the year of the Alamo and the year AR/MI became states) to 1860. Any help will be appreciated...d2
What I would like to know is this; was there a year where the workers at the mint forgot to change both dies? These coins date from 1836(the year of the Alamo and the year AR/MI became states) to 1860. Any help will be appreciated...d2
