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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2686824, member: 1892"]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. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But yes, it'll commend a pretty hefty premium for an otherwise-unremarkable Modern Dime.[/QUOTE]