1853 dime - to arrow, or not to arrow. That is the question

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1853 dime - to arrow, or not to arrow. That is the question

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What stealth trickery is afoot here!

Did they scrape the arrows off this dime to make it more valuable? What cunning counterfeit! Undetectable!

I am perfectly fooled.


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Perhaps the same original collector as this IHC:

https://coinauctionshelp.com/forum/view ... 70&t=19650

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Wow! 189 ! Is that BC or AD? Do we know? Pretty good shape for nearly 2000 years old!
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Matthudson wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:27 pm What stealth trickery is afoot here!

Did they scrape the arrows off this dime to make it more valuable?
Or is it duct tape?
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@Matthudson...lmbo 🤣
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Likely Arrows, 1853 was a Transitional Year with Arrows indicating the change of weight of the Dimes, someone tried to take out the Arrows to make it more valuable, but the damage gave that away
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Iceresistance wrote: ↑Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:57 pm Likely Arrows, 1853 was a Transitional Year with Arrows indicating the change of weight of the Dimes, someone tried to take out the Arrows to make it more valuable, but the damage gave that away
Absolutely no doubt! Downright foolish!
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Are you sure they wasn't trying to nic-a-date the arrows to make sure they're not there? LOL!
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#10 Unread post by Earle42 »

Did they scrape the arrows off this dime to make it more valuable? What cunning counterfeit! Undetectable!
Hmmm...a very pointed question indeed.

Well...once-pointed.
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