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Hey everyone, I'm new here and I have a few questions about this dime that I found. This was the clearest picture that I could get. The back and the side edge look completely normal. It looks like a brand spankin' new coin. What kind of error is this? I've done a lot of Googling but I'm not able to tell for sure.  Any help would be greatly appreciated! Edited by GimmieBoost
04/09/2011 7:25 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Post mint damage! Rims are missing. Damaged coin.
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New Member
United States
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There's a slightly better pic. What could cause damage just to one side and not the other?
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Pillar of the Community
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What could cause damage just to one side and not the other? My guess is a lathe of some kind. I use one to manufacture prescription lenses. It's used to cut different curves into the back side of a lens blank, and leaves the front side unharmed. Just my opinion anyway... Scott |
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Pillar of the Community
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it would be neat if it was struck through a washer but I don't think it was. My guess is damage of some sort.
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Pillar of the Community
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I would have to agree with scotty. I'm no machinist but I have played with a metal lathe and that damage would be easily doable.
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 With coop. How it happened is any one's guess. All ideas are acceptable at this point.  |
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I'm gonna do with a train with a hole in it's wheel  Any pics of the reverse by chance? Just curious |
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I agree with PMD. I think you are doing what a lot of beginners do with error coins. They look at a coin and try to rule out damage then figure it must be an error. But you must do the opposite. By studying the minting process you can tell where in the process the error occurred making it a genuine error. There is a certain process used by the mint so only certain errors can occur. There are many many more things that can happen to a coin outside of the mint either intentionally or unintentionally. These are all PMD (post mint damage). What causes the PMD is not important. What you look at is can this happen in the minting process? By the way, I am a machinist and damaging one side of a coin such as yours can easily be done. Also, welcome to the forum. It is a great place for learning and a lot of fun. Keep your coins and questions coming. Edited by pyrbob
04/10/2011 10:05 am
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Could weigh the coin... if a lathe were used, the weight should be less... righto?
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No need to do anything with the coin. It is not a mint error, it is damaged. The first thing to do when looking at something like this is to figure out if there is any part of the minting process that COULD do this..the answer is no.
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The important thing for new collectors to know is that there is a finite number of things that can happen at the mint to cause either an error or a variety (doubled dies, Cuds, off center, struck through, die cracks, clashes, etc), but there is an infinite number of ways to damage a coin once it has left the mint (hammers, vices, steam rollers, chemical dips, drills, lathes, machine guns, the list goes on and on). Once you know and understand the ways that an error or variety can come into existance, it is much easier to tell when something is just plain old damage. Finding a good book or website about the minting process will help clear up what can or can't happen at the mint. |
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Dave42 and Coppercoins, point well taken. Thanks for the patient coaching. Back to the woodshed for me. :)
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I have seen some coin not as damaged as this one come out of old dryers that look like this, Maybe dryer damage.
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Posted 04/09/2011 7:54 pm
