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Hello all, This is my first post. Came across an odd Dime today, Took it to my coin shop and he believes its a Mint error, but we are unsure what it would be called. Or Any sort of info about this sort of coin. Is it a known type of error, or Post Mint Damage? I have only been collecting US Small cents, and not really for all that long, so my knowledge is limited to Internet searches and info gathered at the shop in town. I tried to Include some detailed Pics, but I'll describe it a little more also: 1980(I think) D Dime Weakly struck details on Obverse and Reverse Smaller Than the Average Dime Collar is almost double the thickness of normal Dime Very Detailed Edge on Collar, Perfectly even all the way around    Edited by sch1tz0fr3nik
06/09/2011 9:29 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Welcome to CCF!
Looks like post mint damage. Because it is smaller in diameter than it should be. A roller or spooned coin maybe?
Others will chime in.
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Thanks for the input
The guy at my shop told me people do that Spoon thing to their coins, That just seems odd to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting Pics...All of the Rims look pretty well rounded. The one I have feels sharp like a proof.
But it is possible.
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Yeah in the fist pic the head is much bigger on the odd dime. I'm no expert though.  Edited by GoThunder
06/09/2011 11:15 pm
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The first pic the 2nd coin is smaller, making it seem the head is larger, but they both have the same proportions.
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Coop, looking at the pictures of "Dryer Damaged Coins" I also have a LMC that is very similar. My question, if a commercial dryer puts out that much heat to cause the damage, I assume it is from the heat. Why would there be no damage to clothes with metal buttons or zippers? |
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The damage is cause not by the heat, but, by the coin tumbling around inside the dryer.  to CCF. Edited by chris12018
06/10/2011 06:53 am
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Chris12018, thanks. I thought that could be the case but, these damaged coins must go through a lot of tumbles to get that way. Interesting. Crazy things are done to coins either by accident or purpose. Learn something all the time at CCF.
I know it makes no sense but, I love cents.
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Most coins that look a bad as the coins pictured around found not inside the drum. These are found on the inside of the fins when they work on these machines. They have been there a long time in most cases.
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The first pic the 2nd coin is smaller, making it seem the head is larger, but they both have the same proportions On my screen I measured the "head" from the tip of the nose-through the ear hole-to the back of the head. The normal coin was 1.125" and the odd coin was 1.25"...1/8th inch bigger. The OD of both coins measure about the same. Edited by GoThunder
06/10/2011 1:37 pm
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Its possible, Just seems so odd since the Rim is so sharp and uniform all the way around.
I guess I'll just toss it in my extra stuff until I can take it to the Coin show in Florence in August.
Thanks all for the input
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I agree this is post mint damage as Coop said. Also just for clarification, there is no collar on a coin. The ouside part of the obverse and reverse is the rim and the reeding is on the edge. The collar is the third ring shaped die that forms the reeding on the dime. Your coin was damaged on the edge pushing up metal at the rim.
Also, WELCOME to the forum.
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06/10/2011 2:25 pm
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Some of those dryers must be like torches lol
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