I was searching through my dealer’s inventory the other day and I found this dime. It is a weak struck coin. I did not know that weak strikes occur most frequently in dimes. I found that to be most interesting. I also like the fact that it is a 1976-D. I have tried to show the details as well as I can. The close-up edge photo shows a partial line that is supposed to be the reeding. Another edge photo to show the layover of the cladding on the edge where the blank was cut from the sheet. (It was cut reverse facing up) It does not have any (naked eye) visible reeding. It weighs in at 2.25 grams, which makes it .02 grams under its mean weight. Its diameter is .700 thousands of an inch, which is approximately 4-6 thousands of an inch smaller than average dime. And of course, as with most errors not every one will look the same. I have also posted a link that has a good read about this kind of error. Thanks for looking. http://www.error-ref.com/weak_strikesinsufficientrampressure
I think so. The rim would be much thicker if the dime was fully struck as it causes metal to move out towards the rim. Sometimes you'll even find high pressure strikes, I found one on a penny where it was over double the thickness of a standard cent.
wow, i must have thrown hundreds of dimes that looked like this one back in the bucket thinkin it was just well worn....
The following is from Error.com. The link I posted. A weakly struck coin could also be a test piece, otherwise known as a “die adjustment strike” or a “die trial”. Many weak strikes are labeled as such. But unless you were there the moment it was struck, there is no way to know. Therefore the terms “die trial”, “die adjustment strike”, “test piece”, and “set-up piece” should be abandoned.
I posted this not to long ago. Photos do not do it justice. I read your link but I fail to understand how they can make the statement "unless you were there". Die Adjustment Strikes are destroyed by the Mint yet a few make their way into the hands of the public and are slabbed by a reputable TPG. How can you be there and get it graded if they are destroyed. If you admit you were there, then you're admitting to stealing from the Mint.
Well there is a rub about "Error" coins in slabs. If i have an Error Coin and I send it in to the "Reputable TPG" and "Tell/Pay them" to put a certain error description on the label they will do that. That does not mean that the description is correct. They are just doing what I pay them to do. It is my belief that there is a lot of "Misidentified" error coins in slabs.People say "oh its in a slab it must be correct". Sorry for the rant. A coin that is Weak struck is just that and nothing more. It is not worth more if it says Die Adjustment Strike on the slab. Because How could you know that? A Die Adjustment Struck Coin is not an Error coin in my opinion. It is a coin that was struck that way on purpose to get the coin press into an operational condition. I would not not want a Slabbed coin that said "Die Adjustment Strike" On the label. It would imply that someone knew it was and that would make it a "Mint assisted Error". No, Thank You...
Thank you for posting. Just to be clear, Your comment is directed toward my coin and not the quarter that was posted, Correct?
My sincere apologizes to all that posted or viewed this post. The coin I posted is Not a “Weak Strike” error coin. I did try very hard to do Proper research before I posted. I followed outlined information from Error-ref.com that I seem to have misunderstood. But the folly is all mine as I did not scrutinize this coin carefully enough before posting.
No harm done. We based our opinions on a photo. After reading all the comments I can state that all responses were civil and we tried to be helpful. One expert noticed and chimed in. This is what it should be like all the time.
