1970 D 10c that shows appearance of a grease strike but I am more than likely wrong...again...lol Appreciate everyone's help.
The coin was struck with extremely worn dies, set free into a rough neighborhood where it bounced (literally) from one home to another for 50 years, until someone rescued it and to try and get the rough neighborhood off, they scrubbed the dickens out of it. Did you put it in the flip?
I put it in the flip but it was sitting in my closet in the dark for awhile. Thank you for the information so I can catagorize it with the information given. Would worn dies and cleaned be a fair discription?
The year has a sentimental meaning but just retiring and been collecting oddities or anomalies I happened to notice in pocket change over the last 40+ years I worked. A person can get quite a collection when just putting them away and waiting till retirement to look at them...lol So is date a result of worn dies? I hope pics are clear enough to show the slide effect.
I don't know, it could be. I completely understand if the coin has sentimental value to you. The reason I was asking... You could take 20 or 30 bucks to the bank, get several dime rolls and probably find another one in much better condition. They made 3/4 of a billion of them.
I'm gonna try helping with this. A set of dies is subjected to friction of metal movement everytime it strikes a coin. The friction removes a very small amount of the surface of the dies. This amount adds up over time and it begins to show on the coins that they strike. The evidence on the coin is shown as lines radiating out from the center of the coin to the rim. They will be heaviest in areas of more metal movement which is usually close to the rim. These lines do not consist of sharp ridges and valleys but are more rounded in nature. I saw these on your coin in these areas. They are protected from wear in the devices. One easy way to see evidence of cleaning is also from lines but these will usually be very fine lines all going in the same direction. They won't be as rounded and are more likely to reflect light on a worn coin. I saw these on your coin in these areas: I hope this is understandable and helpful. Edit to add because I believe it is important: Regular circulation will create scratches as well. There will be all types, but when you see the really fine scratches aren't coordinated, as in running perpendicular to each other and there are smooth areas without any scratches, again uncoordinated, mixed in, it is probably just circulation wear.
I'm more into learning what caused anomalies and while my long term memory is still good use catagorizing coins with a short story as to what occured in that year that made it so sentimental. So after passing family members present and in future will have a keep sake to pass on. Just thought it would be a gift of family history that could be passed on I think.
Your sentimental emotions are admirable towards your family. However, I (in my opinion only) would select/find a more significant coin as a family heirloom to pass down. Something that would become a legacy to your family. This dime is only worth 10 cents.
