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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3111800, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 89)">TypeCoin971793, posted: &quot;Care to enlighten us what the die markers for a 1916 P dime are?&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> They are kept secret.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie105" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; However, anyone who sees enough 1916-P dimes and records what they see could begin to answer you question.&nbsp; For example, some of these coins were struck with broken dies.&nbsp; Now as for usefulness, diagnostics for 1916-P dimes are just interesting, useless, &quot;fluff.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; The diagnostics for 1916-D dimes are the important ones to know.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 89)">JayF, posted:&nbsp; &quot;Companies have different procedures, how to authenticate a coin probably has the same steps with all TPGs but how a company applies it is a totally different process.&nbsp; Like did PCGS checked for die markers for this particular coin?&nbsp; <b>I read there is possibly a die marker for the 1916 dime so I was curious if PCGS used it to identify the coin.</b>&nbsp; Also, he said &quot;may or may not be&quot; so there&#039;s still a question of whether it&#039;s a mistake or not, based on his response.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Unfortunately, something was not made clear <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> enough for you in this discussion.&nbsp; You seem like a pretty smart guy so I&#039;m sure you will figure out what&#039;s going on - eventually. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 89)">&quot;BTW, did you report this to PCGS already?&nbsp; Since you stated it&#039;s OUR job to police these types of &quot;mistakes&quot;</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 89)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><b>Nope.&nbsp; </b>Absolutely not.&nbsp; I work for a TPGS.&nbsp; The more the image of PCGS is tarnished <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, the better for me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; The off-center strike with no date is nothing.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 89)">NumisNinja, posted: &quot;But at the same time, you can&#039;t definitively say it&#039;s NOT full bands. Just like you can&#039;t say it&#039;s not a 1916D. The inherrent nature of offset coins is that they come from a die which may have only left partial indication of what the coin actually is. You can question the grader&#039;s grounds for his designation of that coin, but you can&#039;t prove he&#039;s absolutely wrong either.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 89)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Please!&nbsp; This is an example of why I have <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p>[USER=94566]@NumisNinja[/USER]&nbsp; I have it on good authority <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> that <b><i><u>the coin is actually a 1920-D FSB Mercury dime!</u></i></b>&nbsp;&nbsp; Get the point? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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