1996 W Roosevelt Dime error

Bruce is correctamundo.....

No need for fancy smoke and mirrors programs.

 

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DUH! yeah ok see thats what happens when you are up 19 hours a day....your head turns to jello! HEY Ken ya need a snow blower yet? nada here TG! 80 inches this winter was enough.

 

So far, so good here on the Island Paddy. Nothin' but rain......and I hope it stays that way.

 

Correctamundo? I haven't been correctamundo for far too long.

Bruce

 

I still say post mint damage. Both of those marks are on the same spot on the coin on opposite sides. I'd bet you could match up the radius of the mark on the reverse with another coin(nickle,quarter,cent).

 

I was wrong young fellers!! A total of 1,457,000 dimes were issued in the sets, excuse me for living. Still a good find in my book.

 

Post mint damage can occur before it's sealed, though it limits the time the damage occurred to while it was at the mint facility.

OK! I'm late to this party. That's what happens when you answer a post without finishing the thread first.

 

Keep in mind that a scratch or gouge on a coin can leave raised metal. In your first post you said that the metal on "each side of the scratch" is raised; this is consistent with a gouge to the coin. If something strikes the coin hard enough, it displaces metal. The metal that was once where the gouge is had to go somewhere. It will either have to be removed, or it is displaced to the side causing raised areas.

 

Hello Paddy54,

I just read your post. I've been having so much trouble connecting to CT posts that I gave up over the weekend.

Here is what I did to mark on your picture:

I clicked on your picture(s) and opened them in another window. I then right clicked & saved the pictures as file(s) on my computer. I then opened the pictures with an Adobe photo editing program. My program has a simple paintbrush feature (just like Microsoft Paint has a paintbrush). I drew onto your photos by hand using the mouse. When I had it marked, I just saved it as a JPG. I then uploaded it to Photobucket & posted the link in the thread.

 

Thanks for the imformation I'll give it a try . Regards Paddy

 

new pictures

...Ok I tried to down load using Photobucket lets see how these pictures look.

 

The excess metal on the dime is definitely an error. I think the planchet was bad to begin with, but I'm sure someone else may have a different idea. I would send it off to be graded and include a note that you want the error mentioned. May be best to find out which on of the grading companies specializes in this type of grading. If you don't want to have it graded, maybe you could just send a pic over to one of the company's who sells error coins and ask them what they think. just an idea.

 

I too just bought me one but didn't have the error.
I also was looking at my red book and it says the mintage is 1,457,000 so where did 50,000 come from?