The dime is a 1992-D that I found in a cash register about 1996. I've never had anyone else look at it. I've always wondered about it but never got too serious about finding out anything about it. Please click here to see the dime. The pictures are actually scans. Anything anyone can tell me would be great. The pictures are of the reverse and obverse of the dime. One side looks normal and the other side doesn't.
Looks like a grease filled die...some collectors like it...but I don't think it adds much value...maybe a little. Speedy
This does not appear to be a "grease strike", a.k.a. filled die error. It does not appear to be an error at all. I say this because the area where the design is weakened or obliterated is too circular for comfort, and because the design rim is completely gone. In a grease strike or any other sort of struck-through error, the design rim is usually tall, due to the increased effective striking pressure. I believe the periphery of the reverse design was removed outside the mint, probably by a buffing wheel of some kind. I have seen many other coins with this kind of alteration.
I'll try to dig one out. In the meantime, weigh your coin. An alteration of this kind often removes enough metal to drop the weight below the normal range of variation. The weight of a normal clad dime averages 2.28 grams.
Have any friends or family that reload their own ammunition, shot gun shells esc.? They’ll have a scale that can measure in grams.
Big kitchen supply stores like Kitchens, etc. often have food scales on display that will measure in grams and fractions of.
