1968 Dime Cupped Broadstrike?

Thanks nick10, Initially I thought this was a MAD issue but with the collar being missing on the reverse I looked up the different types of broadstrikes on the Errors and Varieties site. When I did look on the site I saw there was a cupped broadstrike error. I wanted to throw the coin on here and see what people thought. Thanks for your response again.

I think you may be using the term "collar" incorrectly.

The collar is the device that holds the coin in place while being struck and imparts the reeded edge to a coin (if the coin has one by design).

What you may be observing as missing is the rim of the coin on the reverse.

The two easiest ways to determine if a coin is broadstruck are:

1. Is the diameter of the coin larger than normal? Because a broadstruck coin doesn't have the collar to retain it's shape it will be larger than a normally struck coin, sometimes substantially so.

2. Does it have normal reeding? Again, since the collar imparts the reeds, striking a coin outside of the collar means no reeds (or very weak ones).

Let us know if your dime is larger than normal and show us a shot of the reeding.

What seems more likely from the photos is some degree of collar clash on the reverse face, but shots of the edges showing the reeding near the rim disappearance would help with this also.

@HGK3, I believe you might be correct with the possibility of this dime being a clash of some sort. When taking a pic of the edge there is what appears to be crack that comes up and onto the reverse above the STA in STATE.

@coop, good information. Thanks. My concern is/was there is no upper rim on this dimes reverse. Would it wear at least alittle evenly if it were a machine coin?
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