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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 821648, member: 15445&quot;]<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">I circled the marks I believe you are describing.&nbsp; To me, the obverse mark looks like a contact mark and the reverse mark looks like a scratch on the coin or the plastic.&nbsp; If you say it is a die chip &amp; a die clash, then it may be but please post better pictures when you can.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">It was originally described that each side of the obverse scratch (or contact mark) has metal build-up.&nbsp; This could be normal because the metal dime material does not compress and must go someplace.&nbsp; Therefore, the material around an impact would be raised. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><img src="http://i870.photobucket.com/albums/ab269/collect89/CTWDime.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">It is correct that coins may get minted, banged-up, and then packaged at the mint or by an outside contractor.&nbsp; I do not know where the W dimes were packaged.</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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