Louisiana Searching for 1982 Dime Worth Up to $2,000

Lafayette, La (KMDL) - We all have a change drawer that we toss loose change in. You might want to start digging through that change drawer because everyone is searching for a dime minted in 1982 that can fetch up to $2,000.

What do you need to be looking for?

Let's take a look...

1982 for Dime Worth Up to $2,000

When is a dime worth a whole lot more than ten cents?

The answer is basically, when the mint makes a mistake.

There are 4 Mints in the U.S. that produce American currency.

1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2. Denver, Colorado

3. San Francisco, California

4. West Point, New York

When coins are produced at these four mints, a mint mark is stamped on the coin to denote which mint it was produced at.

The mint marks are "P" for Philadelphia, "D" for Denver, "S" for San Francisco, and "W" for West Point.

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So why is this particular 1982 dime from the Philadelphia Mint fetching upwards of $2,000?

You guessed it, there was an error.

From newsbreak.com -

"In 1982, something strange happened at the Philadelphia Mint.

It's estimated that roughly 150,000 of the "P-Less" or "No-P" dimes left the Philadelphia Mint before the error was caught.

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Because of this, dimes from 1982 with no "P" mint mark are highly sought after by coin collectors.

If you can find one, you could be in the money!

Read more over at en.as.com.