Is This a Fake Mint Mark?

This dime came in a bank roll. I am fairly certain the mint mark was tampered with. Agree?

 

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That's strange... it almost looks like a plating bubble under the mintmark.

 

Doesnt look original but by no means doesnt make it fake, It could
Be a real cool error

 

To me, it doesn't look like someone purposely messed with it. I would say it came that way from the mint, but I cannot specify the mechanism of error.

 

I laughed out loud!

 

Maybe - the die broke during the strike, the broken piece of the die partially fused to the mint mark - upon ejection the broken piece of the die caused the mint mark to rotate and then broke off like a piece of slag.

Then again the big gash to the right of the (7) in the date might be the key to answering the question.

 

Post-mint damage. I was thinking it might be a basement job, but that doesn't make cents. There's no error I know of that looks like that that someone might be trying to fake.

 

Wow! How much is it worth??

 

Its Priceless!!!

 

I've made a few phone calls, finally got in touch with John Sinnock's people and they are very interested in the coin.

 

I'm stumpped about every aspect of the entire coin. You ought to see the reverse.

 

Lol, good one Alice :thumb:.

 

It just may be struck through a piece of metal, or a Washington DC mint mark, if there was one.

 

:hail:That made my day. Good one.:kewl::mouth:

 

show the reverse?

 

Oh...all right.

 

is that the mint mark of the dark side?

 

No. The Darth side.

 

It wouldn't be a bubble under the plating...it's a clad coin....no plating involved.

It could have been struck by a damaged die but I can't be certain from the image.