Thanks for your help on my last post. Here's a dime that has the us in pluribus missing. Also, I've come across a few coins that have this red paint on them. I can't imagine someone sitting there with a tiny brush doing this, any other reason it's there? Can I retire now?
I can't tell from your pictures since they are kinda far away but the missing "US" is probably a grease filled die. As for the paint...you'd be surprised what people do to coins. If you can retire on like $0.20 then more power to you
I saw a dime with paint spotting similar to this and looked at it under high magnification. I then theorized some kid was painting her dimes with nail polish then spending them in candy machines ... normal circulation eventually wore off most of the nail polish except in those deeper recesses. No way to prove my theory, but check what I'm suggesting under high magnification with your dimes.
Back in the day, most vending machines were owned by a third party who earned money on the machines by taking half of the proceeds each week. From time-to-time the machine would "eat" the coin of a customer, so the business owner would replace it out of his own pocket. It was quite common for these business owners to identify these coins with fingernail polish so that he/she could get them back from the third-party vendor before the "split of the take". Chris
I know this is old thread but just wanted to share I too have one of these 1974 D Roosevelt dimes with reverse grease filled die. Just the 'S' is missing on mine.
It can happen to any coin, any year. The presses that make the coins require regular oiling and greasing and this can drop into the coin chamber at any time if there is excess of either of these chemicals.
Hey I know this is a kinda late response but I have a 1974 D mint Dime with the US missing I'm guessing none of these are of any value?
Likely from a grease filled die. They are interesting but have no real value. I collect them if they are in really nice condition.
I've pulled painted nickels, quarters and dimes out of slot machines back when you could play with actual coins. People would paint the coins. Usually spray painted and red. Then play with them, was said to be a way to see if the machine was keeping a certain percentage of coins before a payout. I guess if you kept getting the painted coins returned the machine was a good one to maybe get a jackpot on.
