It Was Dropped The Day Before It Was Minted,, and then

[against the wind]

I scooted up to the Grove I have been pulling Silver out of. I had to work today and didn't start my hunt until 5 P.M. I figured a 2 1/2 hour hunt was better than no hunt. About an hour into the hunt I popped out a beautiful piece of silver which I promptly deposited in my coin pocket. A young fellow was watching me dig and he asked what I had found. I told him, "Just a dime." No sense in telling anyone that I'm finding 100 year old coins.
When I got home I cleaned the 1914 Barber Dime with a little Baking Soda. This dime looked like "It Was Dropped The Day Before It Was Minted" ,,,, and then I saw the nick on Lady Liberty's neck. My heart dropped. I must have brushed it with my digger.
Well tomorrow is Labor Day and I have off. You can bet I'll be out bright and early, looking for whatever Silver,, The Grove has to offer.
My 2015 Silver Coin Total is now 109.

 

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[Erik in NJ]

The day before it was minted it was just a planchet

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[against the wind]

The day before it was minted it was just a planchet

Yep,, without any nicks too. lol

 

[Trezurehunter]

Nice Barber. I think that year was a mint error, & they called it a "hickey".

 

[46Wheat]

Very pretty dime

 

[sutphin]

DANG NICE DIME ..

 

[JerseyDigger19]

That's still a beautiful dime! The nick is not unsightly at all. This Saturday I whacked the reverse of a 1944 Merc. It happens to us all, but yours is still a spectacular coin!

 

[digging440yrs]

Sweet !

 

[TheRingFinder]

Don't beat yourself up too bad - might have been nicked previously.........

 

[nsdq]

nicks happen ,,, still a sweet silver fish

 

[Diggin Dude]

That is one damn nice looking Barber !!!!! Congrats ! Save some for me LOL !! HH

 

[basque-man]

That Dime is SWEET!!!!!

 

[kristof.wanderer]

Beautiful dime! Great job!

 

[park pirate]

Sweet barber it don't get better then that...

 

[TXPIRATE]

very nice shape

 

[RustyGold]

Awesome find and nice bunch of artifacts too! Thanks for the pictures!

 

[CoilyGirl]

Looks pretty good to me!

 

[Brother Al]

Family legend has it that I was dropped the day after I was minted. It could be true and would explain a few things....I dunno

 

[ajaj]

Nice looking dime!

aj