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Valued Member
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Or are there more like this? I'm very new to this and as I was making the image acceptable for the forum, I saw that the rim was larger in a different spot on the right coin as well.
The dime on the left appears to be off center. At least it's different from the one on the right. Any thoughts?
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Moderator
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Valued Member
 United States
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Well darn, I thought I uploaded it. One second!
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that probably a misaligned die. minor error. is the reverse centered?
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Valued Member
United States
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As far as I can tell, the reverse is centered. It looks like the other one next to it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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if the reverse is centered it's a misaligned die error. It is a fairly common error for dimes and other small diameter coins. From the picture it looks like both might be MADs, the one on the left is more noticeable; the one on the right barely.
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh, okay! Thank you for the explanation. I'm assuming when finding a coin like this, it's better to have the reverse also off center?
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Valued Member
United States
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Or if a portion of the design gets cut off?
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I'm not an expert on such things, but my understanding is that misaligned die (MAD) errors usually occur on the obverse on modern coins. The reverse is struck by the non-moving anvil die after the collar moves into place, so a MAD there would be unlikely. If the collar gets stuck and doesn't come up to center the planchet before striking, then many interesting errors can occur.
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Bedrock of the Community
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A MAD can occur on the anvil die but they are much smaller. The anvil die is restrain within the collar and so can't be more than very slight off to one side. An anvil die can never be far enough off for part of the design to be missing. And since sometimes the obv is the hammer die and sometimes it is the anvil die (Depending on year and series) it is possible to have coins with the rev having a significant MAD. They aren't noticed as often because people pay more attention to the obv.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Just to emphasize that, generally speaking, you need to have a portion of the design actually missing before you have anything of potential value.  to the CCF! |
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