Hi guys, I have this 1997 Roosevelt Dime and noticed that there is a piece of the rim missing from the bottom half of the obverse rim. Can someone explain what this is please?
I had found a similar coin. While I was trying to research possible causes, I could not find any examples that matched mine this closely until you posted a picture of yours. I still don’t know the cause, but started wondering if it could be caused by a feeder finger that did not fully retract prior to the strike? Good choice posting on this site, collectively the people here have a very impressive amount of knowledge of the hobby. When research reaches a dead end or becomes overwhelming, it’s a great place for multiple knowledgeable opinions!
Looks to me like a strike through. Something, possibly a metal flake, was sitting down in the "gutter" around the die face that creates the raised rim of the coin.
It looks to me to be damaged after leaving the mint, as the area of the edge appears to be pushed out slightly and the reeds are slightly flattened. If this was a strike thru, with metal displaced during the minting process, I would expect the reeds to be stronger in the area of the rim from the metal flow.
Perhaps Fred W. would know. Very interesting coin, you have there. I'm sure we all would like to know. Thank you and good luck. Happy New Year!
My theory is…these are clad coins, 2 outer layers over a central copper core. This one may have just had a brittle piece break off.
Very interesting and I’ve never seen anything like that. I’ll not speculate on what it might be. It’s a keeper for sure so protect it.
Appears to be missing a small piece of metal. Could it be a lam that separated, or is it a strike through? Not sure. @Fred Weinberg, @JCro57 ?
