1947 Silver Dime
 

Hi every one, well im going to make this one short, I found a dime in the parking lot of a Grocery Store, It was Silver, put the dime in my pocket got back home looked at it and it was well missing some letters , I don't know if im right or not, but this could be an Error Dime i need some help from any of you that knows anything about dimes. The Pic are not that good ill post some better ones next time.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Its missing letters because of wear, sorry.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

If you had found a '47 Liberty Dime, that would indeed be a rarity!
They were last minted in '45. The coin you show is a Roosevelt Dime,
first minted in '46. It is odd that the "we" is not there...the "1947"
looks pretty worn...maybe "we" was worn off?

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

OK But where is the I where it says IN GOD WE TRUST theres no W in WE, I ment to wright Roosevelt Dime Not the Liberty dime, After looking at it there realy is no I where it should have the I,

What was that again pleas about the 1946 being the last Minted.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Ya you could be right but realy if it was the Wear killing the I AND W pluss the 47 , then the face should have a hole lott of wear to, right. pluss the back of the dime looks ok not worn out like the front side, just see what others have to say, thanks buddy.:D

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Ok now i got good pictures, I was adjusting light exposure, Now its all good.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

I own a whole book of Eisenhower dimes from my grandfather.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

well can you tell me if thers something in that book about Roosevelt 1947 silver dimes
:D

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

It is a coin book of dimes. I don't know anything about them other than they are silver. Are some worth more than others? I never cottoned much to them, not like Mercury Dimes, but my granddad collected them so for that I cherish them.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Your very lucky to have your granddads collection of dimes. My father spent years assembling a collection of Silver Dimes a complete set of every Dime produced by the U.S. Mint, except for the unique 1873-CC
Mintage: of the 1873-cc
Circulation strikes: 12,400
(but only two examples are known)
Proofs: 0
Known examples (1):
NGC MS-65. Exhibited by H.O. Granberg at the American Numismatic Society in 1914 - Wayte Raymond auction, May 1915, $170.00 - Rudolph "Rud" Kohler - Waldo Newcomer - Charles M. Williams - purchased as auction in 1950 for $3,650.00 by James Kelly and Sol Kaplan - sold to Louis Eliasberg on November 7, 1950 for $4,000 (completing his collection of U.S. coins) - B&M "Eliasberg" May 1996, $550,00.00 Waldo Bolen - Heritage 1999, $632,500.00 - Jim Gray - B&M 07/2004, $891,250 - Rusty Goe - and the last stop was a private collector.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Missing letters are caused by grease on die.....NO BIG DEAL....cancel your Ferrari purchase.

It is a melter, especially being run over by cars, buses, and shopping carts; not to mention little old ladies usng walkers...nice find.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Agree with Bullionaire, filled or worn die. You will not usually see that kind of wear pattern where the lettering is missing, as it is in an area protected by the raised rim and obverse image of Roosevelt. Not a major error by any means, just a crappy strike...... :wink:

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Your 1947 silver dime is worth about 85 cents. That's pretty good for a find in a parking lot. :D

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

another source of this may be weak strike in the first place

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

True, or even an improperly annealed planchet. Several possibilities. My first thought from looking at the close-ups was a badly worn die based on surface characteristics (heavier than usual flow lines in the metal and general lack of detail and uneven lettering), especially visible in this photo.....

http://goldismoney.info/forums/attac...1&d=1188526374

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

You guys are crazy.
It's an old, worn-down silver dime.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

They don't "wear down" that unevenly that close to the rim.......

With love,

Crazy

:no_ma::tongue_ma::confused_ma:

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Anty Ep I like what your saying but most that seen the dime say that it is a worn-down silver dime, But if it was a worn silver dime don't you think that the hole coin should be worn down even at the sides of the coin and on the base, I think Anty Ep is right it looks like a weak strike.:D

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

The rim looks ok, right AuNuggets

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Alright fine...
It's an extremely rare error coin.
I think you should send it in to PCGS.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:applause_:applause_:rolleyes_m: :rolleyes_m::rolleyes_m:
:D:D:D

Its ok buddy we all have grumpy times. I was not saying it was Rare geeeeeeeesh,
:sarc:

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

i heard a corner store guy saying he submits to this one service first esp if he thinks it may have been cleaned and then if it clears that one they will pass it to NGC or the other. What's he referring to? maybe this SEGS prescreen sevice? anybody know bout dat?

http://www.segsgrading.com/prescreen.html

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

Hay Anty Ep i heard that you where into roman coins, If you are, I have found a handful of Roman coins when i was on a trip to the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Sabratha, around 80km west of Tripoli libya. I think
there from Marcos Urelius or Septimius Severus but i realy dont know yet, ill post some for you if you can give me info about them.:wink:

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

If you send a coin to PCGS and it has been cleaned or altered, they will not put it in a holder. They will send it back ungraded. But they will still charge you the full $30 grading fee. No refund.

So, if you have a coin that looks marginal, you could send it to SEGS first and find out their opinion.

Re: 1947 Silver Liberty Dime
 

You can get alot of crap certified at SEGS that PCGS and NGC will not touch with a ten foot pole........ Cleaned, whizzed, tooled, repaired, damaged, etc.

Wyld, ancient proverb........ "You can shave a man, and he will be shaven for a day. But you can give a man a razor, and he will cut his own throat so you will never have to teach him again"......... :wink: