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Misaligned, Off Center, Broad Struck? Help!

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 Posted 06/23/2015  4:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
That is a MAD coin. First one I've seen with the opposite side affected. The mint changed the die position and probably they are over looked with the MAD on the reverse. Nice catch on this one.

The weakness on the obverse from 2:00-4-00 is from the misalignment during the strike.
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 Posted 06/23/2015  4:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ChildOfTheWheat to your friends list
This is a MAD cent, or misalingned die. If it were off center, both sides would be affected. Keeper for sure
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 Posted 06/23/2015  4:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
It seems to me that MAD's are much more common with the error showing on the obverse. This looks like the anvil was misaligned.

I think you might have an uncommon error there!

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 Posted 06/23/2015  5:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Halo1st to your friends list
Buddy, More food for thought - Coop made reference above,


Quote:
Mike Diamond - 07-31-2011 Beginning in 1992 (at the Denver branch), the Mint started experimenting with using the reverse die as the hammer die. This setup gradually became more common until it was the predominant setup in 2002. Changeover was complete (at least for business strikes) by 2005. So all coins, except proofs, are struck with an "inverted" die setup.

So, if you were going to have a misaligned die error on a 2010 cent, it would be on the reverse face.


Thanks, Doug.
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06/23/2015 5:19 pm
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 Posted 06/23/2015  5:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
I added your images to my files:
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 Posted 06/23/2015  8:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
Thanks for the info.

Does this just apply to cents? or ALL the coins?
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 Posted 06/23/2015  9:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
All coins from that time forward. So we can't just think it is the obverse. Previous to this they were Hammer-Obverse and Anvil-Reverse. So as far a I know they have reversed this. (perhaps some other denominations changed on different years) But look for the MAD ones on the opposite side that fall over the devices. (that makes them collectable) Not a big thing if they don't fall over the edge of the coin.
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 Posted 06/23/2015  9:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
Very nice MAD on the reverse no less,congrats.
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 Posted 06/23/2015  10:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Buddy to your friends list
Thanks coop.

I thought perhaps the change might have been because of all the design changes that were scheduled for the cent reverses. I thought that perhaps the new designs might have done better in the hammer position -- but if it was for all coins....then that wasn't the reason.
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 Posted 06/24/2015  12:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Chronoswiss to your friends list
Thanks everyone for the information. I was a little confused as I regularly see the misalignment on the obverse. I guess this one won't leave the collection any time soon.
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 Posted 06/24/2015  12:50 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jack jeckel to your friends list
The reverse MAD definitely threw me off s most MAD seem to be on the obverse but as Coop pointed out I guess I will have to start looking at the reverse when CRH cents in the future.

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 Posted 06/24/2015  01:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Chronoswiss to your friends list
Lol. Love my kairos. Been eyeing an opus.
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 Posted 06/24/2015  01:41 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinHuntingDrew to your friends list
Hmm, coop, I've found a handful of misaligned obverse 1999D and 2000D cents. You say in post-1992 they are reverse?
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 Posted 06/24/2015  04:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
I should also mention that the mint upgraded their QC in 2001,so anything after that that gets out of the mint is that more collectible. So it's an extra extra nice find.
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 Posted 06/24/2015  09:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coop to your friends list
The quote was on the "D" Denver mint it was a start. I was giving everyone a heads up as to look for on coins since then.
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