Need Help With Possible Off Center Strike

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oregon mike New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 7:23 pm Just curious if it is an off center strike or just worn from age Report this Post to the Staff

MontCollector Pillar of the Community United States 2403 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 7:42 pm In order for it to be an off center strike it has to be struck off center on both sides going same direction. Hard to tell if it is off centered or not with only obverse photo. As of right now it is a nice MAD. Report this Post to the Staff
oregon mike New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 8:01 pm ok thanks for the info I just looked at the reverse and it is not off centered, should have checked that first I guess lol Report this Post to the Staff
Druu Pillar of the Community United States 1000 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 8:03 pm And "MAD" = misaligned die. This occurs when one die (typically the hammer die) is out of alignment and strikes one face sightly off center. To determine if a coin is simply a MAD, as opposed to an off centered strike, in which both sides of the coin are off centered to the same extent. (To further complicate things, you can have a coin which has misaligned dies on both sides -- this is still not an off centered strike.) Report this Post to the Staff
oregon mike New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 9:37 pm ok thank you I will try to remember that. I really appreciate all the information and this forum is awesome! I'm just learning about coins and errors and usually spend my time hunting for artifacts rather than coins but where I live the river level is way too high although I do now plan on buying a metal detector to take artifact hunting and a few years back some friends of mine were hunting on some low areas of land and they found some pretty old coins that were silver I believe 1800s silver dollar and 2 silver half dollars and a silver dime Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 9:46 pm Oregon Mike. that is quite an impressive MAD. If it had been more off so that some details were cut off it may be called a Broadstrike Report this Post to the Staff
BrianLikesCoins Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 04/27/2017 10:45 pm Cool! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/28/2017 1:22 pm It would be nice to see the reverse as well. If normal it is a MAD coin. (Miss-Aligned-Die issue) Report this Post to the Staff
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