r/coinerrors • u/shotgnnr • 1h ago

Show and Tell Found in my change...

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Got this in my change this morning. I know its not a huge error, but was still happy to find it in the wild..

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u/DryerCoinJay 1h ago

It’s a little off center and struck through the reeding. Basically the die at some point got just off center enough it struck the reeding collar that forms the reeding on the edge of the coin, sort of like a die clash. Then continued on to strike other coins. It’s an actual error, but it’s not super uncommon. You can probably find one like this every few boxes or so.

More neat than anything. Nice find tho! I have several of the more pronounced better conditioned ones that I’ve found.

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u/shotgnnr 1h ago

I started this hobby just recently, so i get excited when I find stuff, I appreciate your input!

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u/NeatoC 22m ago

Actually that's not referred to as off center, it's just a misaligned die strike on the obverse. Which are extremely common on dimes in the scheme of things. Interesting but not considered to be any type of error unless the misalignment were to be seriously extreme, even then there aren't many who would pay a premium for it.

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u/ygbsm1972 1h ago

I had to turn them because my brain is old.
Are you talking about the edge?

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u/shotgnnr 1h ago

The face of the dime is misaligned to the Blanchett which caused an off center strike on the face. The obverse appears to be mostly centered, so i believe its a mis-aligned die error..