Is this a error? 1920 Merc Dime

Kliao

Got this in my lot of 1000+ silver dimes. Looks like a clipped planchet but it’s straight. It weighs 2.37g. No filing/grinding marks are visible

Broadstruck

Post mint damage as the edge was shaved off and there's no blakesley effect.

You can see other PMD on the other side of the rim also.

DIMEMAN

At first it looked like PMD, but maybe not. Is the rim thicker there?

Kliao

@DIMEMAN said:
At first it looked like PMD, but maybe not. Is the rim thicker there?

I measured it with my caliber, the straight side is not thicker, same thickness to the .01 mm

ifthevamzarockin

I'm in the PMD camp.

DIMEMAN

Could be a straight clip then. I'm not an expert on errors. Maybe someone will chime in.

jabba

PMD chip marks on the rim suggest got stuck in something and ground the side down

morgandollar1878

Post mint damage.

Kliao

Ok thanks for all your input! Sadly it wasn’t a error

Hemispherical

Someone rubbed the merc on sandpaper or something similar.

It may have been part mosaic/tile thing and that one popped out.

Texast

It could be the edge of the metal strip the planchet was punched from, it is also possible that it is post mint damage.
I would have to see this in hand before I could say which it was. I would think that Fred would be the expert on this matter.

Kliao

@Texast said:
It could be the edge of the metal strip the planchet was punched from, it is also possible that it is post mint damage.
I would have to see this in hand before I could say which it was. I would think that Fred would be the expert on this matter.

So might be one. I’ll keep my hopes up

ifthevamzarockin

Your first & second photo show 3 very slight depressions on the straight edge. (Man made=PMD)
Best chance for PMD but could be a slightly ragged straight clip.

Oldhoopster

The edge looks too smooth to be a straight clip. Also, there is a partial rim on the obv (would expect it to be weak) and no evidence of a Blakesley effect. Looks like PMD

ricko

It appears - to me - to be PMD....the reeding seems to 'fade' into the missing portion, which indicates a grinding operation of some type...Cheers, RickO

FredWeinberg

It's not a clip, end of strip planchet, etc.

PMD without a doubt.

Kliao

Ok thanks!

johnny9434

looks like pmd to me as well, jmo

Coinscratch

@Hemispherical said:
Someone rubbed the merc on sandpaper or something similar.

It may have been part mosaic/tile thing and that one popped out.

OR, it may have been used to escape from Alcatraz which would suggest they did survive.

Hemispherical

@CoinscratchFever said:

@Hemispherical said:
Someone rubbed the merc on sandpaper or something similar.

It may have been part mosaic/tile thing and that one popped out.

OR, it may have been used to escape from Alcatraz which would suggest they did survive.

Used up their quarters, nickel, and cents, and all that was left was the dime.