Thread: 1998?-P Possible Error Jefferson Dime

This is my first post, so howdy everyone. I'm pretty new to coin collecting and I found this dime. Not sure what to make of it. I thought it was just PMD at first but the more I thought about it the more I thought it might be more. The "scratch" mark is just so perfectley circular and the way it cuts is really strange. Also the rim on the right side near the mark is much thinner than the one on the left. Not sure, that's why I'm coming to you folks to help! May be obvious to you, but to me it's up in the air.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Forgot to mention. I think it;s obvious but the mark is in the lower right. Thanks!

What is a Jefferson dime?????
hehhehehe
You mean FDR dime hehe
Welcome!

anyways, is the mark a dent going into the coin or is it a lump of metal coming off of the coin? a mountain or a valley?

Woops! Hehe. I was working with a 2006 Jefferson Nickel right before I posted this. If you click the picture you can see it even better. I scanned it in at 2400 DPI. I took a very close look at it with my 10x eye loupe and it looks flat against the coin, if anything though I'd say it was a valley. A scratch into the coin though there's no extra stuff around the edges of the scratch or anything. It's very flat. Only barely valleyed.

Hey there,

Not positive, but from the image it just looks like damage from a coin sorting/rolling machine. Probly not what you want to hear, but based on a bunch of coins I've seen with similar scratch patterns, that'd be my guess.

most likely post mint damage... I think it got scratched.. I doubt it's a die crack for the shape and length..
See what other people on the forum think.. It is pretty interesting how it got the right shape of the coin.. almost like a tool in the mint that shapes the pennies lightly struck it again after it was finished?
I doubt that though..

Yeah, I know it does look like PMD but the only thing that made me reconsider was how it somehow took most of the 8 in 1998 off completely and the rim wasn't the right size; how the right side was much smaller.

Originally Posted by PongApp

Yeah, I know it does look like PMD but the only thing that made me reconsider was how it somehow took most of the 8 in 1998 off completely and the rim wasn't the right size; how the right side was much smaller.

Rim size is frequently off on dimes. Go to the bank and get $50 worth of dimes, you'll find plenty off center. Also, that description of the 8 sounds exactly like what an automatic rolling machine does to most coins.

In summation, post-mint damage caused by a paper coin rolling machine as it crimped the roll.

yes pmd i really hate those coin rolling machines damaging perfectly good coins

Originally Posted by Ltrain

Rim size is frequently off on dimes. Go to the bank and get $50 worth of dimes, you'll find plenty off center. Also, that description of the 8 sounds exactly like what an automatic rolling machine does to most coins.

In summation, post-mint damage caused by a paper coin rolling machine as it crimped the roll.

Okay! You sound very positive which reassures me that's most likely what happened. After doing some more research on coins I own at home I noticed more that were off center. Guess when you first start off coin collecting you envision the mint producing perfect and infallible coins, haha. Thanks for all the opinions everyone! Even if it is PMD it was fun just theorizing and being along for the ride

Originally Posted by PongApp

Okay! You sound very positive which reassures me that's most likely what happened. After doing some more research on coins I own at home I noticed more that were off center. Guess when you first start off coin collecting you envision the mint producing perfect and infallible coins, haha. Thanks for all the opinions everyone! Even if it is PMD it was fun just theorizing and being along for the ride

I saved a pile of those slightly off-center coins when I was younger, haha. Basically, the off-center strike needs to cut into the design of the coin to command a premium.