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Is This A Mint Mark Error? Or Just Sloppy?

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Below are some pictures of a microscoped P mintmark on a 1989 Roosevelt dime. It looks to me like something was 'wrong' when the mintmark was stamped. The inner space where there should be no metal has some metal and I think the upper left edge is 'off' but I am not profesional enough to know how to describe it.

Opinions?

I took several different shots with different lighting because I cant get a 'great' shot yet with this microscope.

Thanks!



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 Posted 09/28/2012  6:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add macmercury to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks like a worn punch.
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A lot of the "P" mintmarks from that era look that way, at least the one's I've noticed have...
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 Posted 09/28/2012  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add west- canuk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As I have found, the plugged mint marks are not uncommon (see my attached thread) , the other item looks like a die break/crack.

https://goccf.com/t/118659
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