Poor Quality 2016 Dime

Why are the 2016 Dimes such poor quality? Each year the US coins seem to decrease in quality, is it the composition? Excessively warn dies? Etc...

 

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Interesting as all the ones I have found in change have been very nicely struck

 

Hahaha, apparently I get the messed up ones only

 

You snooze, you lose.

 

Story of my life hahaha

 

Looks late die state.

 

I've found many poorly struck 2016 Philly dimes this year but all well struck Denver coins. But this is par for the course from Philly, always using their dies to death and poor quality control.

 

I have noticed a particular quality from Philly

 

For some definitions of "quality."

 

I still can't find one. Neither can my bank.

 

I got two quarters, three dimes, three nickels and two cents from the self-checkout last night. All but the cents were 2016-P (Cumberland Gap quarters). I'm in a fairly heavily-populated area (central NC), and it seems like we get new issues in circulation pretty quickly.

I haven't noticed any particularly poorly-struck 2016 dimes, but I admit that I haven't been inspecting them very closely for the most part.

 

I have ony two 2016 P dimes received in change. And neither is good enough for my dansco album.

 

Living three miles from the Mint, I tend to get the new Philly issues rather quickly in circulation.

 

I'm in SC, and have received plenty of 2016 coins also....just happened to notice the dimes when I looked through some of the loose change in my bag. I had 3, 2016 Dimes, and each one had "deteriorated die" issues.

 

lucky man

 

That's one ugly dime.

Ya shouldda sawed the 1966 dimes when they were new. Lots of them had even less detail than this one.

 

That's truly sad. 1966 really?? I think that's why I love some of the old Lincolns....i.e. 1960's they had detail

 

Was ANYONE thinking clad Roosies when they read the title?

 

Aren't the main devices lower in relief too? You see this especially with quarters. I like the mini sculpture effect of coins, which was quite apparent with silver coinage. Now our coins just look cheap like the metal they're made of

 

It has to do with the new way they started creating dies in the 90s I believe although I can't remember the specifics. I'm sure someone will step in and explain it though