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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Neal, post: 25334986, member: 43872&quot;]Welcome to Coin Talk.&nbsp; I&#039;m afraid your coin is just damaged, having been gouged.&nbsp; The D mint mark is shows normal wear.&nbsp; The reason error coins are so special, and so fun to find, is that they are quite rare.&nbsp; The folks at the mint are pretty good at what they do most of the time.&nbsp; On the other hand, errors, especially the minor ones, occur often enough that they are not impossibly rare, which makes it fun to look.&nbsp; Some fairly common errors are brand new dimes with small die chips, appearing as small lumps in Roosevelt&#039;s hair or face, and sometimes in the devices on the reverse.&nbsp; Because they are not rare they are not worth a lot more than a dime, if anything, but they are errors.&nbsp; Sometimes it is hard to know what is an error and what is damage.&nbsp; The more you learn about how coins are made, the easier it is to tell the difference.&nbsp; Rule of thumb, if it looks cut, especially if there is even a little metal pushed up on the edge of the cut, it is damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy hunting![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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