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by grg
Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:46 am
Forum: 10 cents
Topic: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)
Replies: 10
Views: 34202

Re: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)

Found this on another Coin Site: Your missing digit is a filled die error. Generally, missing digits or mint marks on modern coins are due to filled die errors where dirt, grease or debris fills the recesses of a die not allowing the number or mark to strike up. The metal from the blank can’t flow ...
by grg
Wed Dec 06, 2017 4:19 pm
Forum: 10 cents
Topic: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)
Replies: 10
Views: 34202

Re: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)

if it is 1968. First it is Ottawa mintage not Philadelphia. Is it magnetic? None magnetic means it is the silver one. I narrowed it down to being 1968-1969 many years ago as it is magnetic Only recently when I pulled it out of storage did I notice the different number forms between '68 and '69, I'm...
by grg
Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:18 am
Forum: 10 cents
Topic: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)
Replies: 10
Views: 34202

Re: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)

Just replying as a welcome to the community. As for the coin . . . no answer, sorry. Thanks for the welcome! I'm not planning on selling any of my quaint collection, it's just fun to see how much an old quarter I paid $1.50 for in 1975 in worth today. Or my mint $100 gold Olympic coin from the 1976...
by grg
Thu Nov 30, 2017 12:30 pm
Forum: 10 cents
Topic: 196_ Dime (likely 1968)
Replies: 10
Views: 34202

196_ Dime (likely 1968)

My first post, yay! A bit of an intro and then a question. Way back in the 1970's I was big into Canadian coins from ages 10-14 or so. It fell to the wayside when I bought a computer in 1980, the coins have been in boxes all these years. My parents are moving and they found a small box with some of ...