Need Help With A Mercury Dime! (PMD)

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christopher1215 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 04:28 am Hi I was looking threw some Mercury dimes I have and came across this one. I think it may be a mint error but not sure. I've never seen anything like it, I tried googling it and found nothing similar and was wondering if it is a mint error and if it has any value to it because of that. It doesn't look like someone damaged it because the mark looks like it was machined and on the reverse side the coin is raised. Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 04:35 am That looks like PWD to me. Looks like someone hit the obverse with a metal tube, or punching the number 8 Edited by Fuzzy317 10/21/2011 04:37 am Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 05:46 am I'd have to agree that it is someone's post-mint attempt to mark or to deface. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 06:11 am to CCF. PMD John1 Report this Post to the Staff
drdave Pillar of the Community United States 721 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 08:53 am Looks like the marks of a drill bit. PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
dmott88 Valued Member United States 132 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 09:09 am I once bought a 1916D Mercury out of a junk bin for $2.50. It had the same type marks on it. After posting it on ebay a guy informed us that back in the old days it was the marks from the old school rollers. I would suggest that its that or like previously stated drill bit. Report this Post to the Staff
CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 09:28 am Quite a few older coins have circular marks on them like that; it's my understanding that it's caused by some kind of older coin rolling machine. Report this Post to the Staff
VioletBerserker Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 09:50 am It looks like someone tried to drill through that coin. That's deffinately PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 09:51 am Clear as day PMD. Report this Post to the Staff
dbrablec Pillar of the Community United States 1944 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 10:00 am i was asked to review a some coins for a friend (a couple of years ago.) she had a metal coin container, which had a type of screw cap tightener. she happened to have all Mercury dime in the container. the container was difficult to open, because of the screw cap tightener. in any case the top coin had a mark similar in appearance to yours caused by the cap. I don't know if yours is caused by something similar, but that was a case of "i knew what caused the marks" Report this Post to the Staff
Coinstar Pillar of the Community United States 1510 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 1:18 pm ruined--thats a shame Retired USAF 1983-2003 Report this Post to the Staff
Saruma Pillar of the Community United States 968 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 3:07 pm Any chance that could be a really crude form of chop mark made by someone that doesn't know how to make a chop mark? Report this Post to the Staff
christopher1215 New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 10/21/2011 4:05 pm Thanks alot for all the information its been really helpful. So I guess its just PMD... too bad I thought I had some lucky rare find hahaha Report this Post to the Staff
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