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Just found this at the park. Looked closely and saw that the rim was thicker on the bottom than on the top? Error? or just common?

Top "Thin" Rim


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Bottom "Thick Rim"


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Full Quarter


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 Posted 08/25/2009  09:16 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add numismo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I think it's within normal striking parameters
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It's a minor 'misaligned die'. Normal if the reverse is centered.
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looks centered to me. thanks for the info guys.
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rockdude:

Doesn't a mis-aligned die have to be off by at least 10 to 20% to be considered for any premium value?
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Others say why even call it a misaligned die unless some detail is missing. I feel you have you have to call it something. Why not call it what it is?
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chuckster125 said:
"Doesn't a mis-aligned die have to be off by at least 10 to 20% to be considered for any premium value?"

I wonder if you have this confused with the rotated die examples?

It is a misaligned die or referred to as a MAD coin. The obverse die can be adjusted to center it over the reverse die. The reverse die is fixed. Thus when the dies are not in true alignment, you get coins like the above that have a wider rim (still circular because of the outside edge of the die) one direction or the other. The operator notices this and can fix it or just go with it as is. Seems like this is not always noticed because of the number of these found. But the ones that get collectors excited are the ones where the devices fall over the edge of the coin. Like this example:
Quarter-Error?
There are other examples that are collectible as well caused from running a mad die too long, but I won't go into that at this time.
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Hi coop:

No,I know about the rotated die variances, I got it mixed up with off center coins.


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