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1987 P DIME MINT ERROR

charlesrogers88charlesrogers88 Posts: 16 ✭
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STRESS MARKS FROM THE PRESSURE ON COIN. RIM STILL HAS THE GROOVES. T IN TRUST LOOKS LIKE ("J)

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  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Your images are not sharp enough. Nevertheless, I'm betting you have a beat-up damaged dime.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,681 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Damaged.

    The t in trust is possibly interesting but not valuable. Might be a heavily worn die or damage.

    The rim issue is just damage.

  • OldhoopsterOldhoopster Posts: 2,930 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 18, 2019 4:25AM

    The radial lines are from a worn die. The T has a scratch/gouge that probably occurred when the rim was heavily damaged after it left the mint. The hits and dings on the rest of the coin are PMD as well.

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    3+ decades ol’ dime and been through a lot of commerce.

    Thrown, pitched, ran over, and so many other things, if only it could talk.

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is PMD based on the way the metal flow settled. Many coins in the old days would be used in machines in form of payment. Parking meters, pinball arcaded and kiddie rides. Laundry mats, some required multiple coins stacked on each other’s then slide in to activate. If the coins had not stacked correctly and you slide it in for laundry soap or cigs it would get wedged and damaged exactly as this one looks.

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