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Off Center Or Misaligned Die?

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 Posted 09/01/2007  10:35 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add cpfull to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have a dime I came across today in change, on the obverse it is missing the rim on the right and has a normal rim on the left. The reverse rim is normal as well. It is not offset enough to be worth more than a dime, I just want to know what is the correct term to use for this type of anomally?
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 Posted 09/01/2007  10:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Misaligned die. Why?

Because an off-center would have the same degree of shift on both sides. Off center means the coin was struck with the planchet out of collar and not centered between the dies.

A misaligned die is simply a case where the hammer die (obverse) is tilted slightly (or loose) in the press and leaves wierd looking rims on the obverse. Very rarely are these shifted off enough to be of value, but the way to tell if they are of value is if some part of the design is missing...on the obverse, of course.

Another hint...a true broadstruck or off center coin (they happen in the exact same way) that would usually have reeded edges - won't. Because it is the collar that makes the reeded edges, and off center or broadstruck coins are struck outside the collar. ONLY exception is a coin that was struck in the collar before being restruck outside the collar.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I figured it wasn't off center because it was one sided, now I know for sure.
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