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CONECA (pronounced: CŌ´NECA) is a national numismatic organization devoted to the education of error and variety coin collectors. CONECA focuses on many error and variety specialties, including doubled dies, Repunched mintmarks, multiple errors, clips, double strikes, off-metals and off-centers—just to name a few. In addition to its website, CONECA publishes an educational journal, The Errorscope, which is printed and mailed to members bimonthly. CONECA offers a lending library, examination, listing and attribution services; it holds annual meetings at major conventions (referred to as Errorama) around the country.

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    It's late, so what?

    Scott here,

    Yeah he's a new member, ya know how they are...

    Going thru my change B4 bed tonight and found a 1999-P dime with some linear striations on both side of the coin. on the obverse there is one that is on his nose, running horizontally from the back of the nasal orafice just past the front of the nose by like a 1\16" +\-. Another vertically on the cheek behind the 1st and yet another running diagonally through the eyebrown. I'm used to seeing the Spike heads on the lincoln cents and these are wider, beefier and do not make it to the rim...??? Should I have just tossed it over my shoulder and went directly to bed?

    Like that was gonna happen.

    Man I gotta get a life, prolly some sleep too.

    Scott
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    Sound like you have run across a dime that was made from a die that had die scrapes on it from the feed arm assembly. This does happen occasionally, especial on the Lincoln cent.

    BJ Neff
    Member of: ANA, CCC, CONECA, Fly-in-club, FUN, NLG & T.E.V.E.C.

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      Hey BJ Neff,

      As yet I have not read up on the minting process, but I believe I understand what your saying and it makes sense.

      Still an interesting coin and a momentary hoot to find.

      Thank you for the response

      Happy hunting.

      Scott

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