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Re: Mis-struck dime

Posted by rp on February 05, 2008 at 19:41:19:

In Reply to: Re: Mis-struck dime posted by JeffK on February 05, 2008 at 17:56:02:

: 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.

Jeff, I appreciate your response. What I was trying to say is that if the coin was made in two parts, front and back, when they were put together, they were not put directly on top of each other. In other words the front is shifted to one side in relation to the back. Whew!! Hows that for an expaination? its the best I can do.
Thanks Again
RP

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: : 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.

: Jeff, I appreciate your response. What I was trying to say is that if the coin was made in two parts, front and back, when they were put together, they were not put directly on top of each other. In other words the front is shifted to one side in relation to the back. Whew!! Hows that for an expaination? its the best I can do.
: Thanks Again
: RP



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