2000 Roosevelt Dime Can Anyone Tell Me What I Should Do?

Unfortunately, I believe your coin is simply damaged, which makes it worth at most 10 cents.

Me 2

Just post mint damage. Not a mint error, sorry. Should you get it graded? Absolutely not. It would be a waste of money. The grading fees would be approximately $50, the value of your damaged coin is 10 cents, the new value after grading is 10 cent... you just lost $50.

to the CCF!

Oh, but I DO know the difference (between PMD and a true mint error). I have studied the minting process, and I know there is nothing in the minting that would cause a coin to look like this. Plus, I am active everyday here in the CCF and we see both true minting errors and coins that are beat up from post mint damage, and I own coins that are true mint errors and coins suffering from PMD. So, I DO know the difference from experience, and THIS dime is nothing more than post mint damage.

How was it damaged? There are a million ways PMD is caused, and if this coin could talk, perhaps it'd tell us. If in doubt, I encourage the coin's owner to send it into PCGS and see what they say. If so, please let us know their answer along with a photo of the slab.

It is most likely PSD, but there is a reason we like to see both sides of the coin. An image of the second side can provide a lot of information by confirming something or ruling something out.

BTW-



I was born and raised in the US and was never very good with English class in school. Give me science or math any time instead. I'm simply pointing out why this sentence is one reason pronouns can be problematic.
I think the OP was referring to themselves about posting images of mint damage but then mentions Macmercury by name.

IMHO, I don't think AlwaysLooking was questioning Macs experience, but the OP's experience and reason for posting.

ps.I've been wrong before and I doggedly reserve the right to be so again at any point in the future!
I usually just give myself a ... to clear things up.

EDIT: Clarified attribution of comments between OP and AlwaysLooking. Time to give myself a .

I agree that the issues your dime has have all happened after (post) it left the mint. What, where, when, why, or how the damage happened are only known by the coin. But bottom line is that it didn't leave the mint that way. There are only certain damages or events that can happen during the minting process. There are however endless ways a coin can be damaged once it leaves the mint.

How do you know when you are just posting mint damage when you are not sure of the difference Merclover? --Alwayslooking. I believe the word post is being taken out of context here. One of the terms used to describe anything that happens to a coin after it leaves the mint is Post, which means "after" mint damage.
Fast forward to today where "post" also refers to a way we communicate on line, as in this forum.

Sorry MarkRubinstein92 for hijacking your dime post. Wanted to help clarify a respondents post in your thread.

Thanks for sharing..