Got my first Seated coin this year! I think it has a mint error! See pics

tommyboy72 · Mar 20, 2011

Hi, dug this 1876 Seated Liberty Dime today, when I tried to make out the mintmark, I noticed it has basically a small rectangle where the mintmark should be. please look at the pics and tell me what you guys think.

Goes4ever · Mar 20, 2011

looks like a filled in "s" to me, sweet find

tymcmurray · Mar 20, 2011

Loos like an error to me.
Great find!

hogge · Mar 20, 2011

First I would clean it up a bit with water. I would forward these pics to a guy named Gerry Fortin in Maine. He has a web site. He is the FOREMOST expert on Seated Dime Varieties and has the best Seated dime collection in the PCGS set registry. Have consulted my Breens book and can't seem to find a 1876 "filled s" die variety. Nice Find. :headbang:

tommyboy72 · Mar 20, 2011

Ok, I washed the dime off with only water and I put it in a flip. here is the best pic I can get of the mintmark. I think you're right, looks like a filled in "S"

Goes4ever · Mar 20, 2011

absolutely now you cleaned it, you can see the "s" clear as day

tommyboy72 · Mar 20, 2011

Hi, just out of curiosity, does that make this dime valuable? how rare is this type of error?

hogge · Mar 20, 2011

GREAT PIC, and great looking dime. The detail on the rest of it is close to EF so I don't think he would attribute the filling of the "s" to wear. I recently sent a 1877 CC dime to Gerry for attribution of a different die variety. He's a good guy. Send the pics to him via his website. AWESOME!