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Message:: [QUOTE="NPCoin, post: 4654541, member: 5629"]OK, I'll bite before I go to bed. Modern US Design Varieties is the area of one of my focuses.  Knowing and identifying design varieties is extremely helpful in counterfeit detection. Let's start by what it appears not to be.  First, the portrait and letter placement does not appear to be the post-millennium ODV-017.  So, it would appear to be a pre-2000 dime.  ODV-001 through ODV-013 had a W in IGWT that had a higher apex than that in the font shown on this dime.  Also, the pre-1981 lettering is closer to the edge.  So, that will reduce the possibilities to ODV-014 through ODV-016. The photo is not clear enough for me to be certain if the G has a serif or is a straight G, but the O does not appear to be a round O, so I will discount ODV-014. Finally, considering the N, it could be a later die state, however, it does appear to be a thicker font all around in IGWT.  So I will discount ODV-015, leaving ODV-016. So, I would guess 1996. The only qualm I have is the placement of the mint mark.  The 1996 mint mark placement should be visible on your coin as the ones I have seen are generally placed higher than most of the ODV-015 mint mark placements I have seen.[/QUOTE]