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Re: Mis-struck dime

Posted by JeffK on February 05, 2008 at 17:56:02:

In Reply to: Misstamped dime posted by rp on February 05, 2008 at 10:29:42:

By "don't line up" I assume you mean that the front and back are _not_ oriented 180 degrees opposite to each other if you flip the dime like the page of a book.

Values for rotated-die errors depend among other things on the coin's date, its denomination, the extent of rotation, and how much interest there is in it. For small-denomination coins of recent mintage, prices tend to be under $10 but that's not a hard and fast rule -
one potential buyer may not care and another will be very interested. If you want to sell, I'd shop the coin around to a couple of places, although if you find that it's worth only a few bucks you'd spend more trying to sell it than you'd get back.

Also, FWIW, coins are said to be "struck" or "minted". "Stamping" seems to be reserved for describing the manufacture of industrial items like spoons or car fenders.

: I have a dime that is perfect front and back, but the front and back don't [dont] line up. the back and front are offset. any ideas on what it's [its] worth?

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Comments:
: By "don't line up" I assume you mean that the front and back are _not_ oriented 180 degrees opposite to each other if you flip the dime like the page of a book.

: Values for rotated-die errors depend among other things on the coin's date, its denomination, the extent of rotation, and how much interest there is in it. For small-denomination coins of recent mintage, prices tend to be under $10 but that's not a hard and fast rule - 
: one potential buyer may not care and another will be very interested.  If you want to sell, I'd shop the coin around to a couple of places, although if you find that it's worth only a few bucks you'd spend more trying to sell it than you'd get back.  

: Also, FWIW, coins are said to be "struck" or "minted".  "Stamping" seems to be reserved for describing the manufacture of industrial items like spoons or car fenders.

: : I have a dime that is perfect front and back, but the front and back don't [dont] line up. the back and front are offset. any ideas on what it's [its] worth?



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