1957 Silver Roosevelt Dime - never seen this before!

[CSIguy2004]

So, I was going through my silver coin collection the other day, and I found something I've never seen before. I've seen coins that were missing the designer's initials all together, but never one with just one letter missing. Any thoughts....?

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[eaxtellcoin]

Hello CSLguy2004,
They are neat arent they! I've found missing letters around the rim and designers initials also. The comment I've recieved, is that they are from a heavily grease filled die that does not quite strike the planchet all the way through the grease. It's an interesting mishap of the normal minting process.
Hope this helps
Eric

[CSIguy2004]

Thanks Eric.....I've never seen one like this one. Thinking about sending it to NGC to have it graded. What's the worst that can happen, right?

[MintErrors]

CSIguy2004 it is up to you if you want to send this coin in. If it is sent in solo, it may cost upwards of 75+ bucks to get it done. You have to weigh the cost vs reasoning. If it's for an investment, a circulated error may not produce a good return on investment. To have it slabbed for any other reason is fine too, but realize that slabbing coins can become an expensive task. Good luck with your decision....

https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/services-fees/ngc/

[occnumis2021]

there are a LOT of variances with designer intials being abraded/grease filled/outright missing etc, i'd personally not send that in. would be a VERY expensive habit to send novelty coins in w/o a very good reason to do so and the advice above is sage.

happy hunting.