What Is Up With The Strike Depth And Centering Of Common Dimes?

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FireballXL5 Valued Member United States 148 Posts	Posted 05/16/2017 11:12 am Been sorting out dimes by decades and I just keep seeing soooo much variation in how they're struck. I didn't pull the best examples as I saw them... just started getting towards the end of sorting them and thought I'd ask the community. First example is a very deeply struck example... the rim is quite high in comparison to most... on both sides... Then there are some with hardly any visible rim at all... here's a quick example... the rim that is present is only on part of the coin and the edges are rounded instead of crisp and close to a 90 degree angle... And here are a few examples of how they are struck obviously off center or showing little rim... That 1974 on the corner looks like it's got a limitation peeling issue as well... So, I guess my question is... why are dimes minted so poorly compared to other coins? Report this Post to the Staff

FireballXL5 Valued Member United States 148 Posts	Posted 05/16/2017 11:28 am Another fine example of something funky... Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 05/16/2017 2:49 pm Its small size makes the slightest shift from spec seem extreme. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Debrajc Pillar of the Community United States 4211 Posts	Posted 05/16/2017 9:21 pm Thanks for the pics Fireball! Keep sharing.... Report this Post to the Staff
FireballXL5 Valued Member United States 148 Posts	Posted 05/17/2017 12:39 am In my last picture, what causes the double edge on the upper left... it only happens to some offset dimes I see and not all... others are just a perfectly smooth offset rim... those two examples are doubled... Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 05/17/2017 11:49 am The outside rim is created when the planchet is run through a milling machine. The inside edge is created because the die hit the planchet off-center. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
accordselux Valued Member United States 154 Posts	Posted 05/17/2017 12:53 pm Some years it was Die Deterioration because they were cheaping out. Some years it's hard to find a good strike at all in business strikes. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 05/17/2017 2:36 pm Some time ago I used to pull many of those out and put in 2x2 flips. Was for my error collection. Then I noticed that if I kept this up I'd have so many there would be no room for me in my house so I not only stopped saving those, I put many back in circulation. Report this Post to the Staff
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