Apparently, a slightly-curved clip, unstruck 10 cent planchet was laying directly on top of another 10 cent planchet directly and completely inside the collar, and were then struck by dime dies. I have never seen something like this before, and it almost caused me to question its authenticity. You can also see some phantom designs from both sides that bled through and appear on the mostly unstruck reverse, albeit slightly. Notice on the obverse by the date you can tell where the raised details on the other side are. Looks damaged, but it is not (at least not numismatically speaking). Very cool and a neat find. I guess this would be considered a "full ireverse indent from a curved clip"? Or would it be a "partial indent from a curved clip"? (To me, a "partial indent" means only a portion of the curved clip was struck into it, which is not the case). My understanding is that "indents" are technically not "strike throughs." Not sure why though.
That would of been an extremely thin planchet to allow the Die to strike that part of the Dime with enough force to leave what is seen. I don't know.. Interesting!
How much does it weigh? Also, how thick is the coin where the design was struck on the reverse? Is it abnormally thick in that area?
I was thinking.. Could it be instead a huge cud and only that small area was what was actually left on the Die enough to create what is seen? Never mind.. Your comment about the phantom designs negate my idea.
I believe it was a clipped planchet that was the standard thickness, not even a clad layer. Pretty sure a clad layer being so thin would have left much stronger designs into the unstruck area of this coin, though certainly not detailed. But much stronger than what is there already. The luster on both sides, the standard weight, and all the little nicks on the indented side which match what unstruck planchets look like prove to me it was struck this way and was not altered in any way.
Cool error, Joe. Never seen one like that before. Indent ‘curve’ is usually the other way round. Agree that a clipped planchet probably caused this.
I was thinking about the remaining design after the indent strike. Most examples I saw are shaped like a bite out of a cookie. But your example is very different and cool.
Could you show us a picture of the edge. My mind is having trouble believing it weighs the same as a normal dime, and yet my eyes tell me half of the reverse coin is missing.
More proof this is genuine. Notice the reeding goes all the way to the top of the raised area. Also, the metal had to shift somewhere, and is way thicker than a normal dime in that area.
