It looks way to clean for that from the other dryer coins I saw while trying to find out about it. is it a broad-strike?
Maybe this is a coin from that hotel in San Francisco, CA that Hobo told us about: http://www.cointalk.com/t148133/ TC
I might be new but I know how to search the threads to see if a topic has been posted before. All the dryer coins have way more damage on the obverse and reverse and are a lot thicker when compared to a similar coin. I only found one post with a similar description http://www.cointalk.com/t119340/ and I don't see how time in a dryer could make Roosevelt gain weight in his face.
When I first started searching rolls of halves, I noticed that many had no reeding. After reading stuff on the internet and asking a couple of dealers, the conclusion was that they were used in casinos and the wear and tear of the slots, etc., wore the reeding off. Sounds plausible to me. I'm not a gambler, so I don't know if there are "dime slots".....
Not for a 1999 coin it doesn't. Casinos started to move cashless about then, so there couldn't have been enough wear, plus dimes are RARELY used in slots. I have never seen an example of a dime fully struck up without reeding, I do not think the US mint could possible make this accidentally. I am not sure the cause, but I would vote for post mint damage.
What about the "collar" not being properly placed during striking? Could that be it, or would that be a "broadstrike"?
You could come up with several different scenarios as to why this dime is now reedless, but I would want to put a calibrated calipers on it first to get an accurate measurement. The reeds on a dime are minute and it takes very little to work them down into the base metal of the coin. Stuck in some sort of machine, washer/dryer Spooned The least possible would be machined Even more bizarre would be the "collar" not properly installed. It would be a catastrophic failure the first time the hammer die slammed into the anvil die. The coining chamber is a restricted area and everything is precision fit and the coin pictured does not resemble even a partial out of collar strike. I'm inclined to think this is some sort of post mint damage.
I have run across a lot of dimes that have some offset collars, etc. Your dime looks like PMD to me also. Parking meters, vending machines, washing machines, dryers, etc all can damage a coin. The color or toning can be affected differently by any one of numerous detergents, fabric softeners, water quality, etc. BUT if YOU feel it is a mint error, send it to CONECA (Combined Organizations of Numismatic Error Collectors of America) and get an expert, hands on opinion. Dr. James Wiles charges $5 + return shipping and will forward a true error coin to a TPG for grading. That's what I would do, anyway. gary
I dont have calipers ( going to have to get some ) I just now compared it to a 2010 dime with no wear there is no size difference. in fact it actually seams a little larger then the 2010.
Am I the only one that does see some reeding in the side pic to the right? Or maybe I've had one too many..........
just put this dime on the scanner next to a 1999 d they are touching and pushed up to a straightedge the face seems different.
