My Grandpa had a couple BU rolls of 1964D
Roosevelt dimes. I was looking to see if any of them were FB and quite a few were, but in the first roll I noticed quite a few die cracks and other issues and thought I'd put pictures here and see what you guys think.
One example dime:
Some of them had what looked like scratches—I was thinking maybe someone cleaned them with a Brillo pad, but then I realized the "scratches" were just in the fields and not on the devices—bad die polish job?
There are a series of coins with die cracks extending from the base of the torch to the M in Dime.
Also some die cracks in the hair, a couple extending from Roosevelt's head to the rim.
And then finally there are several with this weird bump coming off the center hump in the W in We Trust. There's also an inverted V between the W and E. It almost looks like doubling, but would it only involve the W?
Obviously, not all these features are on all the coins in the first roll, but there are quite a few examples of each of the things I mentioned. I'd love to know what you guys think about these—I did look on one mint error site for the possibly doubled W, but didn't find it.
Just curious, too, what grade would you give the dime that's pictured? I'm testing myself here. (Again, not looking to sell these, just using them to learn.)
ETA: I see the inverted V I mentioned isn't visible in the photos—when you reduce the file size it looses some detail. I took a couple blowups and emailed them to myself to compress the files. Will post when the emails come through (takes awhile sometimes).
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Posted 11/14/2022 11:41 am
