You will get much better results if you start a new thread rather that piggy-backing on a 7-year-old thread.
I agree - a late-state die cap strike. That is a very nice find. Congrats. The Large Cent appears to have been counterstamped. Some...
Double what? Double strike? DoubleD die? Double denomination?
You overpaid by quite a bit but if you are happy then so be it. I would call that an off center strike, not an error planchet. ("Error planchet"...
The US Mint has never released anything as crude as your piece.
The collars used to strike dimes and cents are different diameters. It is highly unlikely a cent die would be muled with a dime die and dime...
What was the emergency?
Jim beat me to it. Your dime did not leave the Mint like that.
Do we now have two threads for this extremely confusing question?
What dates, mintmarks and denominations do you have?
Chris, I was the first to suggest it could be a dropped letter. But now the OP says the anomaly is raised which makes the possibility of a dropped...
You missed an important point. If the "extra" mintmark is raised it is not a dropped letter.
It could be a dropped letter in which case it could have some collector value.
You should include a line advisiing coin collecting newbies to take with a LARGE grain of salt any advice that comes from a newbie who, within the...
Who is Hugh?
1967 = PMD (most likely damaged by coin rolling machine) 1988-D = clothes dryer coin (tumbled in the fin of a dryer for an extended period of...
Thus perpetuating the mistake.
My bad. I was thinking SBA. Jet lag from just getting back from New Orleans working the hurricane for over two weeks. I will crawl back into my...
Once an MS coin is circulated it is no longer Uncirculated (Mint State).
The Sac Dollar was introduced in 1979, not 1995.
Separate names with a comma.
