Odd Impression on 1944p Mercury Dime Reverse

tennbjj

All,

Good afternoon. Please take a look at this dime. I just recently acquired it, and found this odd indentation/crack/dunno? on the reverse north of "PLURIBUS". I searched a few other Merc dimes of mine and found another 1944 with the exact same marking.

Any idea what this might be? Coin pictured is an MS example in a NGC holder, so I don't believe it to be post mint damage

JLBCoins

Hey Tennbjj, I have noticed that I have the same exact "mark" in the fields on that same spot in a 1945 and 1944 Merc as well. It looks like the same angle as the bottom of the cap on the obverse. Anyone else experience this?

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ

@JLBCoins said:
Hey Tennbjj, I have noticed that I have the same exact "mark" in the fields on that same spot in a 1945 and 1944 Merc as well. It looks like the same angle as the bottom of the cap on the obverse. Anyone else experience this?

matches up perfectly [line on left is from flipped reverse, line on right is back of cap obverse] - offset them [they literally lined up perfectly] to better visualize

MFeld

You’re seeing the effect of clashed dies.

tennbjj

Thanks so much all

Namvet69

Maddieclashes.com and doubleddie.com for the info and overlays. Peace Roy

ricko

Good catch.... just a small sign of clashed dies, but definitely there....Cheers, RickO