Hi folks, I have a dime that I've been holding onto for about 20 years. It has a normal tails side, but on what should be the head side it just has a faint imprint of the design on the tails side. The other interesting thing is that the faint imprint is slightly enlarged from what it should be. Does anyone know what kind of error this is? Does anyone have an estimate of the value of a coin like this? Ignore the terrible scratches on my table
I want to say it was struck with a capped die, but I'm really not sure. There will be others here that know better than I.
Welcome to Coin Talk, Susie D. I will also say "capped die strike". I'm not am expert but I will dare say this type of error runs on the rare side. Here is a link that will give you some info on how this happens.http://www.error-ref.com/obversediecap/. Very nice error coin indeed.
Looks like it to me. Suzie D, imagine this: One die on the top, one die on the bottom. The bottom die is the "anvil" die, the top is the "hammer." When a coin is struck, for whatever reason it sticks to the hammer die. The next planchet is fed, and instead of the hammer die striking it, the coin stuck to it does the strike. That imparts a "reversed" image onto the new planchet from the bottom (reverse) of the stuck coin, along with the characteristic "waviness" of fields and features you see in your coin. The anvil die side will show a normal strike. That's a capped die strike. As to value? Well, I don't see that many sales of them, but I do see a lot failing to sell on Ebay when the seller asks $150 for one. Less than that, then. But yes, it'll commend a pretty hefty premium for an otherwise-unremarkable Modern Dime.
Thank you all so much for your replies! I really appreciate the help. It's great to finally understand what the error is and the mechanics of how it happened. Many thanks!
