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*** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark to Title. It's essential to have it in the title. ***I have several dimes like this, not exact , but is this mint error or damage and how can you tell? 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Just damage, I'm afraid.  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3535 Posts |
Agree, just damage here. Think about how a coin is minted. It could never leave the striking chamber looking like that.
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Valued Member
United States
115 Posts |
ever see a car that had been smashed in an accident?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1791 Posts |
Coins are pressed between 2 dies. So if you see moved metal in any direction anywhere on the coin, it is just post mint damage Now where the rim is missing on the lower left is possible and known as a clipped planchet. Unfortunately, your coin is not a clipped planchet. Notice the pushed up metal to the left of the God in GOD all the way to the L in LIBERTY? Your coin took a strong hit to that edge. It even moved the L. Mint errors, with few exceptions, will always have all the devices in place as a normal coin. A few common "errors" are die chips, die cracks, and die dents which all create raised features on the coin that shouldn't be there. Struck Through Grease (greasers) or Grease Filled Die will be be part of a device or the whole device. This normally occurs in the lettering. Misaligned die will have all devices on the face of the coin shifted in one direction. Off-center is like a misaligned die except both faces of the coin are shifted in the same direction. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
75381 Posts |
To CCF! Your coin is just showing all Post Mint Damage ( PMD). Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4135 Posts |
Spend it if someone will take it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10048 Posts |
Looking for random anomalies on coins and hoping they match up to something collectable will take you a lot more time, wasted effort, and disappointment repeatedly finding out you have nothing but post mint damage, useless Machine Doubling, Die Deterioration, or minor insignificant imperfections (etc.). Spend some initial time at places like error-ref.com, doubleddie.com, varietyvista.com, conecaonline.org, coppercoins.com etc. to find what actual and collectable coin errors look like. A good way to start is, for instance, get a box of penny rolls from the bank and separate the coins by date and mint mark. Go to varietyvista.com and, date by date, use the reference there to see what errors are known for that specific coin/mint mark. Look for those specific errors/varieties using the pictures provided. After doing this for awhile you will KNOW what an actual error looks like and not have to waste time on face value and damaged coins. :) Don't feel badly b/c there are a lot of people coming to this forum and others who have bene mislead by the following online mindset:  |
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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@Jackieblack PMD Looks like someone took a grinder to it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Appears to be post-strike damage of a blunt force nature.
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Moderator
 United States
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it is damage - because it is out of round for one thing.
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United States
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to the Community! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7174 Posts |
to the CCF and  PMD. |
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Posted 12/14/2024 11:53 am
