Dime error?

[goldencoin]

Hello,

Found this today and it looks like a struck though debris error, but i'm not sure if it is worth keeping- note how the "d" is struck over the mess- any help on classification, rarity, value?

HH
-GC

 

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[Jeffro]

I dunno about value, but for sure that one should've never left the mint! Decent find- Try Ken Potter.

 

[Silver_Fox]

I dunno about value, but for sure that one should've never left the mint! Decent find- Try Ken Potter.

Who is Ken Potter? I've seen that name tossed around before.

 

[Jeffro]

He does Variety and error work and writes for a few mags. http://koinpro.tripod.com/bio.htm

 

[jewelerdave]

looks like solder from the pic. After mint damage, note how the damage is still shiny and not the same as the rest of the coin. If the error was in 73 how did the wear happen on the low points and not the higher points where the globs are

Otherwise it would have the same ware and tone as the rest of the coin if it was authentic

 

[goldencoin]

that makes more sense, it was weird how the D was above the damage

HH
-GC

 

[Emperor Findus Cladius]

I agree, that is post mint damage. If it was a strike thru error, the area of the strike thru would be recessed, that area is raised.