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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;foundinrolls, post: 651733, member: 4350&quot;]These do happen occasionally.&nbsp; They are not done on purpose.&nbsp; The scenario of a struck dime getting mixed in with planchets for cents is encountered more often than one might think.</p><p><br /></p><p>Double denomination errors are a known error type.&nbsp; This one is a cent struck over a dime.&nbsp; The orientation of obverse and reverse is indeed a fifty/fifty chance.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin being overstruck has to fit between the second set of dies so a smaller coin is always overstruck by dies intended to strike a larger coin.&nbsp; Examples would be a cent overstruck by nickel dies,&nbsp; or a quarter overstruck by half dollar dies,&nbsp; etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The coin at the beginning of the thread is a very nice one!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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