Big dent 2 2

[Newbismatic]

So... I can't think of anything in the process that would do this. But I'm still pretty new to collecting 

Edited September 10, 2023 by Newbismatic
Grammer

[Sandon]

    Welcome to the NGC chat board.

    Please post photos of the reverse of the coin as well as the obverse. Additionally, please crop your photos so that they are almost entirely of the coin instead of the surface upon which it sits. Several of the photos are too blurry to be of any use.

   Based on what I can see so far, this 1994-D dime appears to have been damaged by its being punched by a hard object it after it was struck and not a mint error.

[Greenstang]

Impossible for that to happen during the striking of the coin. PMD

[RWB]

The OP is correct. There's nothing in the coining process that would make the "big dent." Now, what's the next logical step?

[powermad5000]

That looks like it was possibly hit with a drop in set tool which is basically a metal punch. While you did not provide us with a photo of the reverse, I am sure that the damage transferred to the reverse as a large bump and the coin no longer sits flat when put face up. Post mint damage.

[Moxie15]

On 9/10/2023 at 4:42 PM, RWB said:

The OP is correct. There's nothing in the coining process that would make the "big dent." Now, what's the next logical step?

A ball peen hammer would do it methinks

[EagleRJO]

On 9/10/2023 at 4:42 PM, RWB said:

There's nothing in the coining process that would make the "big dent."

Agreed

On 9/10/2023 at 4:42 PM, RWB said:

Now, what's the next logical step?

That it's not an error. 

[Henri Charriere]

On 9/17/2023 at 7:12 AM, Moxie15 said:

A ball peen hammer would do it methinks

Methinks you're right.  The diameter is small; edge of the concave crater is defined but not sharply...

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[ldhair]

It would be cool to see an image of the reverse, not that it matters. We know it's damage from something after it left the mint. I can think of several tool or ways to create this look. We will never know for sure.