Question Regarding A Dime?

It sounds like either someone tried to create their own "clip" or it was a genuine incomplete planchet but was damaged(bent). The clip occurs when the sheet of metal used for punching out blanks does not advance far enough for the next punch and the punches overlap. Then coin is the run through an upsetting mill to create the beginnings of a rim-obviously a curved coin could not go through this process. The incomplete planchet would then be struck which would also flatten any curve.

I won't tell you it is a waste of time to post a pic though as pics, even of damaged coins, can always be a learning experience

Sorry about the last reply I didnt mean to write it on your post, but I have a 1912 Barber dime than has the description like yours but only one side is curled the coin dealer I go to said it is a chipped planchet and it is worth around $50 I have no idea what a 1972D would be worth though.

So I guess it is a chipped planchet!

I'm sorry I orphaned this topic.

After examining the coin in more detail, it looked to me like a post mint "vice" error.

Thanks for your responses. I did not have a good enough camera to capture it at the time, and it has been returned to circulation.


Thanks again.