1985-D dimes are notorious for poorly struck design rims, especially on the obverse. The poorly struck rims are teamed with an especially...
Many recent nickel dies have been similarly affected. The leading hypothesis is that this is hubbed-in debris. But it's decidedly odd that it...
Struck against a stiff collar which generated a forced misalignment. As far as I'm aware, the grading services do not recognize most stiff collar...
The OP's coin is not a "dryer coin". But it is damaged. Both faces were heavily abraded after the coin left the MInt.
Heavily worn dies. This specimen is on the verge of developing a case of "peripheral die expansion and erosion", a phenomenon so far only...
In hobbyspeak, an "indent" refers to an indentation made by an unstruck planchet. A partial brockage is an indentation generated by a...
This is neither a dryer coin nor a spooned coin. But it is damaged. It was rolled and squeezed in the horizontal plane by a hand-cranked or...
This is clearly an off-center strike. Both off-center strikes and broadstrikes are struck out-of-collar.
The reverse was buffed in a radial fashion. The peripheral lettering was distorted as metal between and lateral to the letters was eroded. This...
I see no clash of any kind on the left-hand coin.
The reverse was mechanically altered outside the Mint. It's not an error.
I would call it a "ragged notch", but it arises in the same manner as a ragged clip, ragged perforation, and ragged fissure.
I can't tell from the photos if there's a pressure ridge or displaced metal on the right side of the recess. If there is no pressure ridge or...
I am skeptical that this is a genuine ragged perforation ("blowhole"). On the reverse, the edges of the hole are too clean and the corners too...
In a broadstrike, all design elements are present on both faces. In order to diagnose an off-center strike, the design has to be cut off along...
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