Dime With Faint Face

Just a normal dime to me now.

Thanks for the better punctures.

Yep, struck though late stage capped die. Can you see a date?

This occurs when one coin sticks to a die after it is struck and essentially becomes a new die. If a coin is stuck(capped) to the obverse die(as what happened on this one) then the next coin struck will have a normal reverse and the obverse will be an incuse mirror image of the reverse(the struck reverse of a coin is now acting as the die). This error is known as a mirror brockage and it is quite valuable. As the capped coin continues to strike other coins, it thins out and starts to wrap around the shank of the die. This coin is now a die cap error and the rarest ones can be quite deep. As successive coins are struck with the capped die/die cap, the incuse mirror image starts to spread out and distort. This is the most common form of a brockage error. Eventually the die cap spreads so thin that it is no longer able to function as a die and a weak image of the obverse die starts to emerge on successive coins, this is what you have. I am not certain of value but I would guess about $25 or more.

Pick-up points for a genuine error would be a strong strike on the side opposite the strike-though, fully formed rim, and a normal weight.

I looks like two planchets got stuck in the coining press and a struck through image is the result. I have an Australian copper nickel 5 cents that has a similar appearance.

Adam - Not to be gruff with you here, but you might want to learn a little more before giving advise to those who seek the correct answer. This coin is obviously not normal to anyone who has spent any time at all studying the subject.

I'm agreeing with late stage die cap strike. There was some question in my mind with the edge-on image as to whether it was a machine turned coin (worthless) or a die cap strike (valuable). With the face-on images, it's obvious. Nice find!

coppercoins- I now realize what it is but before, I thought it was dirt not a misshapen design, if I saw a different picture than I might have seen what it was, sorry, did not mean to give false advise

Nicely done, Chuck.. and That's usually why I only read in this section, unless I know for sure. And even sometimes when I do post, I try to make sure to also note the distinct possibility that I could be wrong, and to wait for an expert! I still consider myself a newbie to errors, although I learn a great deal by reading these posts.

And... while figuring out the error is a skill, so is being able to actually tell the error from a non-error from images alone. Adam, what you might want to try is copying some of the pictures down to your computer (especially where there are really nice & big detailed ones) and zooming in different areas. That has helped me sometimes when trying to see something others see right off the bat, but I don't. Just a suggestion

Thats the way I like to see my change. Great find there. Great explanations of the coin also. WOLF