Yes, although some modern dimes have very long die cracks that can be valuable, if they go from rim to rim. Small die chips on coins like your's...
Yes, small die chips. No, it's not a railroad rim/partial collar It has a very very very minor mis-aligned Die.
Observable Reality
enviornmental damage to both sides. What you see on the coin all occurred well after the coin was already in circulation. The obv. might have...
That obv. has been buffed/etc. .....and as Mike also said, the reverse die was well-used when this coin was struck. Not an error
I'm a bit confused. The Title of your thread says: Is This MD ? Then you say you sent it in for grading. I'm not saying it's not a doubled...
I'm so old I'm one of the very few who knew Mort Goodman - while he was driving across the country giving talks at local coin club meetings on the...
Staining/discoloration Not an error
The obv. of that quarter is damaged. It did not leave the Mint looking like that.
Knowing exactly what occurred to the coin is less important than knowing it did not come out of the US Mint like that.
Damaged
Based on the photo, I believe there's a good chance it's a very small flake of metal that fell on the coin after it was struck, and stuck on the...
Marites, thanks for the kind words, and hope you like the coin. However, I must make a correction: those coins, bags, books, etc. are for the...
The third photo of the Innovation Dollar (edge) shows damage - the coin got jammed in a counting/rolling machine. The Adams dollar looks like a...
It's acid treated, as FF02 said - not much else to add
Yes, very very common. They're known as 'die chips', and this occurs in the date area too, on some years.... The most common are BIE's where the...
No experts needed if it's magnetic
The Ring Test, or Coin Drop, is valid for any Two Headed or Two Tailed coin of any denomination or composition.(that's been cut or hollowed out,...
deep cut
It's all PMD What you're seeing and mentioning is all damage, occurring well after the coin has been in circulation. Looks like it's been...
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