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I think I found my first error coin in the wild!

kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just the fact I have to wonder if it's an error means it's pretty unspectacular. image

Coinstar would not take this after 4 tries. It's .1 gram lighter than the new, 2013 dime I have. Nothing crazy there... The reeding is almost non-existent.

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Is this a semi-broadstruck dime?
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Stuck in a dryer.

    PMD

    peacockcoins

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  • GrumpyEdGrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Stuck in a dryer.

    PMD >>




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    Post strike damage.

    Ed
  • halfhunterhalfhunter Posts: 2,770 ✭✭✭

    From the photo, looks like a railroad rim to me.

    HH
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  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PMD
  • TreashuntTreashunt Posts: 6,747 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>From the photo, looks like a railroad rim to me.

    HH >>




    No, PMD
    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    PMD....Cheers, RickO
  • tincuptincup Posts: 5,437 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally thought this was a railroad rim... BUT if the edge shot is showing a comparison of the coin next to a regular dime, I have to say it is Post Mint Damage.
    ----- kj
  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,043 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm in the PMD camp as well.
  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Send it to PCGS! image

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  • coppercoinscoppercoins Posts: 6,084 ✭✭✭
    The upset process at the mint effectively squeezes the sides of the planchet inward to cause a raised 'rim' to assist in the minting process.

    When a coin is stuck at the edge of the drum of a dryer the edges are squeezed and rolled outward, effectively doing the opposite of the upset mill. That's what has happened to this coin.

    The reason the coin is slightly larger than normal and has no reeds is because this "reverse upset" process has pancaked out the edges of the coin and worn the affected areas smooth.

    In short...this is damage. Not an error.
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  • kiyotekiyote Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks guys! The hunt continues..
    "I'll split the atom! I am the fifth dimension! I am the eighth wonder of the world!" -Gef the talking mongoose.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,651 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I learned what a "dryer piece" looks like, today.

    ``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5

  • silverpopsilverpop Posts: 6,771 ✭✭✭✭✭
    95% PMD

    5% real

    now here is a real error coin I found in change this year called a improperly copper coated zinc penny ( note the bubbling of the copper)

    image

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  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,932 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Please don't spend any money submitting
    it to any service.

    As mentioned numerous times, it's a damaged
    coin, and not an error of any type.....sorry.....
    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.
  • sawyerjoshsawyerjosh Posts: 416 ✭✭✭
    Maybe a slot machine coin.
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  • LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭
    I would have said PMD. In light of FredW posting my opinion would not matter anyway image

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