Hey guys best I can tell this dime is stamped 1990 I haven't ever seen anything like this..... does anyone have any info? I thank you for your time and consideration
Hi Travis, Welcome to Coin Talk. That is a very strange looking coin. Can you post a photo of the other side?
Thanks for the welcome, alurid it appears to be the standard dime on the back. The edges are slightly more oval than round. I recieved it in change at a local store. I always check the coins out to see if I have any old silver coins and seen this and I am puzzled.
It's not really standard, notice how most of the high points are flattened? It was pressed in a vice or similar with something having that pattern on the obverse and either a flat piece or the smooth vice jaw against the reverse.
That is very odd, the object that made the impression on the Obverse was Incused with a reverse design so that it made a readable inprint on the coin. This could have been done at some kind of manufacturing company. The lines are aranged in an arc, the middle two are different [at temple] than the rest, indicating some type of Center Mark. I do not believe this was done at the Mint.
It has been stamped with some kind of die after it left the mint. I see what appears to be a sunburst and either NO CENIE or NO GENIE. There may be another letter missing in the middle.
