At first I thought this was some sort of RPM easily seen with the naked eye. After scoping it, its clearly not. Also, there are no listings for this coin so being an RPM is totally ruled out and irrelevant. What Im curious of is how this happens. Is it just a simple case of a worn die?
Looks like the die may be a little worn or beat up. See all the lines going from top left to bottom right. They are likely die polish or flow lines from a worn die. It looks like the inside anomaly is part of the outside mark. Either way, it's something very minor IMO Be careful, if it takes high mag to see something, chances are there will be very little interest even if you do find something
Thank you. Just curious if my assessment of being worn was correct. Its just dime 96. I noticed the really prevalent lines and how the metal looked this way kind of along those lines. I wasnt really thinking about value or rarity but more of "how" it happens.
Probably, but, I seen this with my eye when I got the dime buying red bull this morning. It looked like a possible RPM but then on closer inspection, I immediately ruled it out real quick. Anyway, I was only curious as to how it happens and its not anything I thought was valuable or rare or specifically unique in general. The excess metal along those lines behind the MM made me think bad die wear...Ive seen some examples of pretty bad wear but this one stuck out. No big deal I guess. Having said that, you guys are right, I tend to get waaaay to close with magnification. 99% of the time I am consciously aware and realize at those levels, you can find all kinds of brain bending errors. Just to show, this is the coin taken from my iphone so you can see what I saw that simply made me curious. Camera doesnt pick it up really good but you can see something inside and around the mint mark. Confirming its just DD helps me (helps convince me lol) when I see other coins so I dont bother with posting, researching and wasting time on it.
Gee, why hasn't anyone ,mentioned the 'S' at the corner of the eye?? Ahhh, now you see it right. Oh Happy Pareidolia, how we love you