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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4650860, member: 24314&quot;]Diogenes Diaz, asked: &quot;So if I had to give the dime a label-- a dime with flow lines would be appropriated?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>While waiting for Fred...</p><p><br /></p><p>Your dime was struck with an upper and lower die.&nbsp; Ignoring any accidents, many dimes are struck with the same dies.&nbsp; Making coins changes the surface of the die so much that the first fifty coins from the same die pair don&#039;t look like the last fifty struck.&nbsp; Some collectors divide the thousands of dimes struck with one set of dies into loose categories.&nbsp; The first coins and up to coin #? are called Early Die State (EDS).&nbsp; Then they go from EDS, through MDS (mid) and finally to Late Die State.</p><p>In the beginning, the dimes look fairly smooth with just small radial flow.&nbsp; As the dies erode, the grooves into the die get deeper.&nbsp; Planchet metal fills the grooves and causes the obvious raised radial flow lines you see on your coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d call it a dime struck with worn dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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