1951 Roosevelt dime error?

I don't know how this could have happened at the mint but I figured I would ask anyway. Could this be an error?

 

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DEFDAM - Definitely Damaged
Not a Mint Error of any kind.

I'm thinking a hot soldering tip or some kind of electrified wire was placed on it to cause it to appear the way it does.

 

Still its silver.

 

Someone really hated that coin.

Poor coin

 

That one has had a rough life.

 

Nope, not me. I'm a stay at home kind of a guy. Good luck to you that do order from out of the country.

 

Wrong thread.

 

Thanks for the correction potty dollar, sorry everyone.

 

Funniest looking dime I've seen, but obviously PMD. Looks like Roosevelt received a tracheotomy. LOL

 

Looks like it was melted, or attempted to be. It's common to use some type of instrument to poke and stir while melting down alloys to extract the precious metals. God knows I have enough friends that will melt anything they can to make bars and ingots.

 

Only human error. As in a coin that was fine when it left the mint and after 70 years of abuse it looks like this. The only thing that coin has going for it is the silver in it. Just plain PMD.

 

Looks like someone shot the poor thing!