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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 7585658, member: 103207&quot;]This is something that can happen by mistake if the dies involved mount in the press the same way.&nbsp; With a cent and dime being close in size the dies could fit in the press the same way.&nbsp; It could be by accident that the wrong die was installed.&nbsp; It could be the person setting up the press thought they changed out both dies but, left the wrong die in the press.&nbsp;&nbsp; Or it could have been intentional.&nbsp; If it was done by mistake a lot of coins could be produced before being caught.&nbsp; However, it could have been caught and the employee would then have the coins destroyed but may have missed a few and one or a few got out.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been in the production area in the Philadelphia mint and the coining presses can pump out a lot of coins fast.&nbsp;&nbsp; So a few thousand could have been made before being caught.&nbsp; It&#039;s also possible that the it was caught right away and the coin was set aside and somehow got out.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although possible I doubt some employee stuck it in their shoe and just walked out with it.&nbsp; Security is very high at the mint and everyone has to go though metal detectors when leaving the production area.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there was an employee that was arrested for sneaking out error coins he was making and selling in the Philadelphia area.&nbsp; I think it was around the same time as the date on the coin.&nbsp; That employee did go to jail and all the coins were taken by the secret service.&nbsp;&nbsp; The employee figured out how to make clumps of penny&#039;s and sneak them out the mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; This could be some of his work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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