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These used to be called "die adjustment error" coins, but that terminology is obsolete. There just isn't a way to know if that's what they were doing or not, so now they are just "weak strike." Or to spice it up you could go with "insufficient ram pressure." I picked this one almost two weeks ago and it finally arrived today. 1985-D Roosevelt dime mint error - weak strike - 2.25g   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Well that's one I hadn't heard of, but reading your link and the links in those links, it would seem this happened a lot on 1985-D coins. It still seems to me that insufficient pressure would create the coin as seen, but clearly this topic has been given some serious thought and I probably need to keep following up and learning a bit more about inadequate upset.
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We get that dime a few times every year here on CCF.Use the search box and you will see what I mean. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Inadequate upset, won't forget that.
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I have the exact same coin I found in circulation in Canada. I took it over to a coin show in Michigan to find out what it was. The dealer said immediately it was a pressure set up strike and I understood very quickly he was right. I still enjoy seeing it.
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not enough upsetting going on here.   |
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Very common on 1985-D dimes. A combination of excessive obverse die convexity (a design flaw) and inadequate upset. Despite the poorly struck obverse perimeter, these dimes feature a sharp rim/edge junction and a tall edge with exceptionally strong reeding. Ken Potter claims it's some kind of widespread die deformation error affecting many dies, but his theory doesn't account for the strength of the reeding and sharp rim/edge junction.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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01/14/2024 5:19 pm
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Another one I'll have to look out for. Quote:
not enough upsetting going on here. I upset as much as I can around here.  |
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Thanks Mike! What a tough and interesting coin, and glad to hear the specific diagnosis so I can try and think straight about it. I don't see many dimes or likely would have run into this already as from what I am learning there are quite a lot of these out there. Well, now I have my example!
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I was of the many that posted one these dimes a couple years back mainly because I saw this ANACS graded coin listed on ebay. I assume the TPG's have since updated their info on this anomaly. This coin has been listed for several years now.  "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/422254Cool clashed dies - 1972 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/429855&SearchTerms=CCLStruck-In Rim Burr - 1969 S 1c http://goccf.com/t/425587&SearchTerms=burrFloating (Type II) Counterclash - 1978 D 1c http://goccf.com/t/434991&SearchTerms=1978 |
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You should never assume that the grading services are aware of, let alone embraced, current knowledge.
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