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Message:: [QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 5365245, member: 24633"]First, welcome to the neighborhood, Mary! It seems kind of strange that a coin as small as a dime could cause a die made of hardened steel to fail, but that is what happens when planchets are struck with tons and tons of pressure. In this case, it caused a crack in the die which allows coin metal to flow into the void when each successive planchet is struck. Die cracks are a common occurrence in the process of making coins. It's not really valuable, and it is definitely not worth sending in for attribution. But, since you have eight of them, you might want to keep them together for the "cool factor". While you're at it, examine all of them very carefully to see if you can find a "marker" which would prove that they were all struck from the same die. This marker could be a scratch or gouge on the die which becomes raised on the coin and links all of them to the same production batch. FYI - The US Mint doesn't roll the dimes. A third party distributor does. Good luck! ~Chris[/QUOTE]