1996 P What Happened 1996 Dime? Error? Possibly!

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JtBigD86 New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 01/21/2023 11:50 pm This 1996 P dime is knarled. Is it post mint damage?! That's the big question. I found one almost identical on ebay selling for 1000.00 dollars claiming it to be a mint errors. Freakishly identical. Except it was a 1999. Don't member the mint tho. Idk. Thoughts please? Thank you. I believe its a possible mint error because if you look above his ear there is a die crack goin upward thru his head. Also that all the lettering is fully intacted. Hmmmm... Curious to me. * Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Please put as much info in the title as you can, they are very important. * Edited by JtBigD86 01/21/2023 11:56 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Snobro110 Valued Member United States 137 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 12:06 am Think about the minting process. That would never allow a coin to look this way. PMD Report this Post to the Staff
JtBigD86 New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 12:15 am Yeah.. thinkn of the minting process I'm not coming up with an actual exact cause of how it could get like this. I'm also having a real hard time trying to figure out any means it could of happened. I've tried to replicate the damage with a hammer against different surface and with different hammers. Never was I able to get the metal to displace in such a way. Not even close. No matter what I tried the lettering never looks as it does on the one pictured. You're right tho.. where in the minting process could this of even happened? 🤷 How on earth will be the question as well I spose. also.. there's that die crack from his ear thru his head. So something happened there right Edited by JtBigD86 01/22/2023 12:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 03:41 am PMD. That mark from the ear through his head looks incuse so also PMD not a crack.A die crack would be raised above the surface. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
lcutler Pillar of the Community United States 1657 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 04:40 am There are so many ways a coin can get damaged, too many possibilites to say how it happened. The minting process is a pretty straight forward, well documented manufacturing procedure though, and there is just no way for something like this to happen there. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15422 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 05:54 am to the CCF There is absolutely no way a coin could have left the mint in that state - everything that happened here is simply damage. Value is 10 cents. Quote: I found one almost identical on ebay selling for 1000.00 dollars claiming it to be a mint errors. Freakishly identical. You should say 'listed' instead of 'selling' because no person with even rudimentary knowledge of coins would be a sucker for that scam. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
CJ18850 Pillar of the Community United States 575 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 08:49 am Definitely post mint damage. Report this Post to the Staff
nss-52 Moderator United States 54280 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 09:13 am It has been badly abused. Show your financial support of the Coin Community Family (click here) See my topic on Mexican Numismatic Medals (click here) Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 09:51 am Hint - you can make these yourself! to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
JtBigD86 New Member United States 11 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 1:57 pm Well. Thank u all very much! I value and appreciate the input! I will spend it immediately! Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 95805 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 2:08 pm Looks like it walked into a hammer demonstration convention... Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
merclover Bedrock of the Community United States 10635 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 7:22 pm Definitely intentional post mint damage. Keep searching! Report this Post to the Staff
silviosi Pillar of the Community Canada 6244 Posts	Posted 01/22/2023 7:24 pm Etsy candidate. Report this Post to the Staff
Cujohn Pillar of the Community United States 7174 Posts	Posted 01/23/2023 6:41 pm to the CCF and with Dearborn HDC. Report this Post to the Staff
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