1999P Roosevelt Dime Multi Errors; Alfalfa Hair Die Chip, etc.

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Here's a 1999P Roosevelt Dime that has a few issues. First off, the date has missing tails on the last two 9s and the date is misaligned at a downward angle. You can tell from the shape of the top section of the last two 9s that there was some kind of die problem. The P mintmark looks like it is possibly doubled (Machine Doubling or other). The eyebrow and nostril each have the common Roosevelt Dime die chips... but, there's an interesting filled die crack in the hair that I call the Alfalfa Hair. There's one sprig of hair sticking up at the crown of the head. In the pics it may look like a string or other foreign matter but it is indeed a die crack running up toward the rim. The reverse has the die chip found in the top of the right side branch which I've found on other Roosevelt dimes . I have attached pics for your viewing and comments. Thanks everyone!
Fran

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The fadeout of the date is quite common. In this case it's probably due to an accumulation of "grease". I see the die crack, but there's no such thing as a "filled die crack".

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Thanks for your reply and for your analysis. Are there any die cracks which are called filled die cracks? Since I obviously don't know many of the correct terms, to me if it is not an open crack it must be filled right? Wrong! So you are saying there is no such thing as a filled die crack right? About the date... I know the pics don't show up very well but actually the last two 9s are malformed across the top and the die seems to have shifted downward. Could this be from die deterioration? You can see a little of it in the middle pic. Thanks again Mike. I do appreciate your time. Fran

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While a die crack could conceivably be filled by grease or a similar material, it would then not be visible on the coin. Therefore you wouldn't know of its existance. On the malformed numbers, grease sometimes produces a pattern of metal flow. You could also be seeing machine doubling that is unrelated to the presence of the grease.

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Thanks for your enlightenment on the meaning of a die crack.

This question is on an entirely different subject but, can you tell me what the red stuff found on mint rolled Presidential Washington Dollars is? I have a couple with it and thought it might be the polishing rue used by the mint. Thank you for your time.
Fran

[wavysteps]

Since the MINT does not roll their coins, but instead sends it to a private concern, the red stuff is not probably from the MINT but from the company that does the rolling.

BJ Neff

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Thanks BJ for your reply. I will start a new thread and post pics of what I have tried to describe. A couple of coins out of one roll has the thick red rue looking stuff, whatever it is. Fran