I found this in pocket change today and was wondering about some markings on it. They resemble die cracks but wanted to get some opinions. Take a look inbetween letters and rim on this coin. Very apperent on the roman numeral II. thanks
Im not sure what those markings are (actually wondered it myself) but they show up on alot of our coins
I kind of figured that may be the case, I don't see these very often. Actually, I was very suprised when I saw this dime, I was not aware of this design. The reverse is pretty cool. Thanks
Its the 'Year of the Volunteer' commemorative lol..double post..lol They were plentiful in circulation, but I haven't seen many the last couple of months
Cool, thanks for the info, here is another I found the other day, this coin is almost proof like, except for the missing dots next to the rim. Im from western NY so I see Canadian coins once in awhile. I'll be in Toronto Monay to pick up my girlfriend from the airport. Three weeks in Ireland, lucky. Told her to bring back some old coins.
2001 dimes must have been a good year for this thing. Here's a 2001 Canada dime I found for free in the reject hopper of a coin counting machine.
Funny, many of us come down to Buffalo to fly, you're coming the other way to pick up your girlfirend. lol I still see the "Year of the Volunteer" dime fairly often myself.
It looks like the plating has been disrupted or split by the force of the strike and the slight expansion of the planchet. We sometimes see this on copper-plated Lincoln cents, although the appearance is slightly different.
It would appear that the die was eroding, and that is the effect that you can get from a die about to end its life.
Last week I went through a bag of (US) dimes and got two just like the one you show, both from the same year. Must be a fairly common effect, whatever the cause.
