Is This 1982-P Roosevelt A Minting Error Or A Garbage Disposal Accident?

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daryl New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/15/2026 11:49 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Year and/or Mintmark and/or Denomination to Title. It's essential to have it in the title. * I've had this Roosevelt dime since the 80s. Never knew if it was a veteran of a garbage disposal war or something better. It's pretty marked up but then again many of the marks on the obverse look like inclusions. And the reverse looks to have a crack made during stamping. I'm going to try to get a higher res image posted tonight. Edited by daryl 05/16/2026 12:04 am Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73628 Posts	Posted 05/15/2026 11:57 pm To CCF! What you're describing sounds like PMD to me, but pictures will let us know what it is for sure. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
daryl New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 12:02 am Images uploaded Edited by daryl 05/16/2026 12:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 6994 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 12:07 am I knew just from reading title....post mint damage, safe to spend. to CCF, good luck on future finds, have fun and keep asking when needed..... Report this Post to the Staff
daryl New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 12:10 am That crack on the reverse...looks to be following the the contour of the design. How could that happen? Report this Post to the Staff
Marv65 Bedrock of the Community United States 10478 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 01:54 am Quote: That crack on the reverse...looks to be following the the contour of the design. How could that happen? Good question - looks like the clad layer is split but not the copper center. Is the coin bent at all? It could been bent when it was somehow cracked and a took a few hammer hits to unbend it so it could be spent. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16806 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 05:44 am The damage on both sides of this coin make it clear what has happened: something ( PMD) has caused the coin to be bent nearly clean in half, folded over like a taco. The coin then got "unbent" and flattened again. The "giant crack" is where the coin was torn apart by being bent outwards; the corresponding seam on the other side is where it was bent inwards. Given the amount of force you'd need to do this to a clad coin, it would be difficult to deliberately replicate. I'm thinking more "wood chipper" rather than "garbage disposal". But we see similar damage all the time on mediaeval silver coins, which are much thinner than modern coins and which were commonly folded around a piece of string in commerce. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15388 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 07:35 am to the CCF. I agree with damaged coin. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73628 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 09:24 am Definitely PMD. Not an error. Worth 10 cents. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21584 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 09:38 am When you see damage on the rims such as on your dime, then you know it is PMD as that cannot happen when the coin was struck. Also cracks are not made when the coin is struck, it would be on the planchet before it got to the minting stage. Edited by JimmyD 05/16/2026 11:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
Chase007 Pillar of the Community United States 7505 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 10:10 am to Community. As mentioned ,just a damaged coin it did not come out of mint looking that way. Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94728 Posts	Posted 05/16/2026 4:34 pm to CCF. just a damaged dime, but don't try to insert in into a pop machine - it may jam up the mechanism Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187637 Posts	Posted 05/18/2026 11:02 am I agree, PMD. to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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