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CoinHI Pillar of the Community United States 2738 Posts	Posted 06/19/2021 11:26 pm Maybe just a well circulated LDS 10c but the rim on the obverse is strange and the uneven wear on reverse EPU is also puzzling. What is happening here? Die adjustment? "Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254 Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCL Struck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burr Floating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 Edited by CoinHI 06/19/2021 11:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 06/20/2021 01:44 am The Roosevelt dimes struck in 1985 were well known for mushy, weak strikes like this. It was a problem with the upset on the planchets not being deep enough. If the upset is too shallow, the resulting coins will not strike up properly. I bought this 1985-D Roosevelt dime thinking it was a Grease Filled Die strike then thought it might be an adjustment strike, but now I understand that it's an inadequate upset error. http://goccf.com/t/354227 ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Edited by Yokozuna 06/20/2021 01:46 am Report this Post to the Staff
SamCoin Pillar of the Community United States 3237 Posts	Posted 06/20/2021 01:50 am Very good to know, yokozuna! I have a couple similar ones that I assumed were grease strikes as well, but now thinking about them more carefully, a grease strike would have fully formed rims, and the ones I'm thinking of do not. Any idea how rare these are? Worth saving, or is this a pretty common error? Report this Post to the Staff
Numiscrat Valued Member United States 221 Posts	Posted 06/20/2021 02:06 am I'd say common. I was a kid filling in Whitman folders when these came out. I saw my first ones like that and thought, "Ooh! Special..." Found several more in bank rolls. I understood enough math at the time to conclude that meant, "Ahh. Not so special..." Maybe save one if it is extreme so that you have an example of this type of 1985 thing. Report this Post to the Staff
CoinHI Pillar of the Community United States 2738 Posts	Posted 06/20/2021 02:51 am Thanks Yokozuna, that's some good info. Interestingly, found one of these slabbed on ebay. "Pride is yoked with callous behavior, as humility is with compassion." St. Gregory Palamas Top Finds - 1969-S 1c FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/477681 1976 D WQ FS-101 http://goccf.com/t/382777 - 1968 D 1c FS-801 http://goccf.com/t/422254 Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCL Struck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burr Floating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/20/2021 09:44 am Interesting find for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
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