Die chips, worth anything?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by Mike slaughter, Dec 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM.

  1. 20251217_121958.jpg 20251217_121817.jpg 20251217_121848.jpg 20251217_121706.jpg These pictures are from 8 different dimes. Didn't know if there was a market. Die chips, Extra leaves , extra olives, extra acorns.
     

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  3. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    There are plenty of people that collect them, just don't think that there is a crazy amount of buyers out there at much of a premium. maybe twice the value. I don't search fleabay, wait for someone else to chime in.
     
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  4. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    A number of people like die chips and cracks. I think they are nice to have, but better to find. I won’t pay for them myself.
     
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  5. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    Short answer: It depends.

    The more dramatic the die chip or break is, the more severe it is, the more desirable. Or if it occurs in a funny place and someone clever comes up with a good name (spitting horse on the New Jersey quarter, for example).

    The die chips on the coin you show are small (and on a series that is not commonly collected by die variety), so not worth a premium.
     
  6. johnmilton

    johnmilton Well-Known Member

    Most of the die state price action comes from early copper collectors from what I have seen. Dramatic die failures can attract interest in other ares, but small ones, not so much.
     
  7. Thanks for your input.
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  8. Heavymetal

    Heavymetal Supporter! Supporter

    I save them for my great nephew. He doesn’t get them all. A nice surprise for his birthday IMG_4394.jpeg IMG_4427.jpeg IMG_5013.jpeg IMG_4397.jpeg IMG_5159.jpeg
     
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  9. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    It is always the end coin, the most dramatic that tends to create a variety. It takes years for an average collector to find a die pairing, when on the hunt most pass them bye.
    After Heavy's post. I will see if I have a good interior die break to post.
     
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  10. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic numismatist Moderator

    Not to me, but to each his own.
     
  11. Neal

    Neal Well-Known Member

    Minor die chips like yours on dimes of the past twenty years, more or less, occur so often that it sometimes seems almost easier to find one than to find a dime totally without one. Major ones, like Heavymetal's are much scarcer. If you need a magnifying glass to see it clearly, it's minor.
     
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