Do You Think Off-Strikes Are More Common On The U.s Coinage?

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Dollar1948 Pillar of the Community Canada 636 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 6:30 pm The reason I ask is I was browsing through approx 4 tubes of circulated Lincoln wheaties I got here and I must have come across approx 6 of them in which they are off struck. The rim is missing along the edge of one side of the coin and is extra wide on the other. Based on reading and viewing ebay listings, it seems these things really don't obtain a premium value. If they were clipped then they would. I get the feeling that if it was a Canadian 1 cent that was off-struck, then the value seems to be worth more than its U.S counterpart. Does anyone agree? if so do you think it is because there are approx 10 times more U.S coins stuck per denomination than Canadian so its just that they are more of them out there? or is it because there is greater quality control at the RCM? I know obsolutley nothing about error coins either than mules are primo! thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 6:34 pm As a general rule I believe that the RCM has a better quality control the the USM. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
MrCanada Pillar of the Community Canada 650 Posts	Posted 01/02/2010 8:23 pm I think I read they have some state of the art production system [Winnepeg Mint] that makes errors next to impossible. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 01/03/2010 12:36 am It sounds like you are describing a misaligned die(MAD) strike and not an off center error. If the reverse appears normal, then it is definitely a MAD. True off centers are not common and it would be incredibly unusual to find six of them in four rolls but MADs are relatively common. An off center Lincoln Cent is worth $3-6 depending on the off center percentage and whether a date is present or not(dated ones are worth more than undated examples). Since around 2000, the US Mint has new equipment that has almost completely eliminated oversized or undersized error coins and anything from the past decade is worth considerably more. The RCM may have better quality controls than the US Mint but you have to consider the volume of coins minted. Since 1909, the US Mint has produced more Lincoln cents than all of the coins produced by all mints in the world since coins were created some 2500 years ago. Edited by biokemist6 01/03/2010 12:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
Dollar1948 Pillar of the Community Canada 636 Posts	Posted 01/03/2010 07:18 am Thanks for the further clarification, surrounding 'MAD'. These rolls are homemade from single cents pulled from Canadian circulation over the years, and upgrades from my Lincoln BU collection. I just started scrutinizing them. Of coarse they are different dates from 1920's to current. Only one 1984D I have appears not to be a MAD as the rims (or lack of) seems to be exactly the same on the reverse and obverse. Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
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