Was checking out some pocket change and found 2 I want to ask about. 1988 P. The mintmark is setting to where it is touching the date. Never seen one so “out of position” before. Does this bring any special interest or value? 1991 P. The second “T” in TRUST caught my eye. It appears to be smaller than the first “T” and the crossbar at the top of the letter seems to be smaller. Is this normal? Couldn’t find any others that look like this.
Notice all of the radial flow lines still present on the 1988-P (lines moving towards the rim). That's a characteristic of a very worn die. During the course of the dies life, the metal flow of thousands and thousands of coins will start to erode the die, eventually leaving the radial flow lines. The metal flow will also cause things like DDD, so if you think you have a true doubled die, but see a worn die, you need to really check for other characteristics like split serifs.
For me too Dutch but I'll keep trusting the professionals until I figure I am ready to move forward...
I bought a digital microscope that I attached to an older laptop, so I can see more of the coins I have, but I'm not sure I know how to capture a picture of any of them, especially one 1964 Roosevelt dime that I believe is a clad dime rather than a silver one as it should be. But, trying to take a picture of the edge is becoming pretty much impossible for my limited skills, and I don't have a scale capable of weighing the coin to compare it to other clad or silver dimes.
Place a clad Dime next to a silver dime. Put a white Kleenex over them. The silver, your coin that you think is clad, will be highlighted. It's silver.
I'm not doing something right as I don't see a "white spot" from either. Is there a lighting requirement I'm missing?
If you don't have a white spot then it's not silver. Here's a half to show the results. The left one is silver. The right one is clad. Single ply Kleenex is best.
Ok apparently I wasn’t succinct enough in my question. In regards to the mintmark, I know they were hand punched. My actual question was “ since the Mintmark is touching the date does it add any interest or value to the coin?
