1973 D Roosevelt Dime: Error Coin Or Post Mint Please Help

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Snoopylone3 New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 03/26/2020 3:20 pm I'm totally new to this but totally committed to learning and exploring what characteristics are involved in a valuable error coin. Here is a 1973 dime please enlighten me * Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. Titles are Important! * Report this Post to the Staff

Snoopylone3 New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 03/26/2020 4:15 pm I guess it's post mint. Just don't know how to tell the difference Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 03/26/2020 5:19 pm @sl, this is a great place to learn. What I'm seeing with your coin is some circulation flattening around the rim plus a scratch on Roosevelt's temple and assorted dings. Was there something specific that caught your eye with the coin in hand? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 03/26/2020 6:36 pm Well there are several things going on with your coin. It is a normal die business strike coin. 1. Circulation wear is showing on the highest areas on the bust. With this wear you will note that the designs minor designs are affected. 2. Note on 'LIB', the motto and the date are showing weakness. It appears there was an issue with a partial fill on some of the devices. I ruled out a circulation wear issue because of those areas are wider in devices sizes. Which circulation wear does remove the tops of the devices. But why are the rest of the devices normal in size. So I ruled out coin wear and under stand this is an issue of a partial Grease Fill on the dies. 3. On the tops of the rest of the devices LIBERTY there is a mark on the tops of the devices. I feel this is circulation damage, probably from vending machine damage from the mecks on the machines. Note the rim seems mostly to be the same height. So the coin is fairing pretty well doing the job it was designed to do, conduct business. (We are the ones who are picky with the coins we a looking at, even doing so with a microscope. So naturally we see issues with circulated coins. Report this Post to the Staff
Snoopylone3 New Member United States 29 Posts	Posted 03/27/2020 05:59 am Wow you guys are awesome! Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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