What caused the scratches on this 2021 Dime? 0

[Raegan]

Hello!  Brand new to "collecting".   What has caused the "scratches" at the neck line?  Is this worth more than 10 cents?  :-) 

[Raegan]

A couple more pictures closer...

[James Zyskowski]

Welcome. I will need to study some 🤔🔬. I’ll be back 🤓🙀

[Mohawk]

Hello and Welcome Raegan!

Your dime has been damaged by a counting or rolling machine.  This is fairly common to see on modern coins and as it is a form or post-minting damage, it does not add any value to your coin.  Your dime it just a spender.

[Mr.Bill347]

Very interesting. The circular fashion of the grinding suggests it wasn’t done by hand. I have read where there were big quality control issues at the P mint on this coin.

[Mohawk]

On 9/14/2021 at 5:16 PM, Mr.Bill347 said:

Very interesting. The circular fashion of the grinding suggests it wasn’t done by hand. I have read where there were big quality control issues at the P mint on this coin.

It definitely wasn't done by hand, but this was done outside of the Mint.  Big armored truck companies like Brinks get bags of new coins and use machines to both count and roll the coins.  Those machines often cause this kind of damage.  The circular nature of the damage is a telltale sign of this kind of damage.

Edited September 14, 2021 by Mohawk

[Fenntucky Mike]

A garotted dime error? Nope PMD, keep looking. 

[James Zyskowski]

Post(P) Mint (M) damage (D). PMD. I have not seen it like that before but really good answers given.  Thanks every day I see something new. Thanks 🤓🙀

[Woods020]

Agree with Mohawk. If you keep looking at coins you’ll regularly run across some that have circular damage like this. Usually caused by machine rolling/crimping. It could have been done by something else, but I do not think it was done at the mint. PMD