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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 471330, member: 15445&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Hello jazzcoins,</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Over the years, the error collecting hobby developed a set of definitions for different error coins.&nbsp; I believe that &quot;Broadstruck&quot; or &quot;Broadstrike&quot; are terms that have a definition.&nbsp; By definition, I believe a coin may be broadstruck if it is struck out of the collar.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">IMO your coin is simply a slightly imperfect uncentered strike.&nbsp; Nothing in the real world is <u>perfectly</u> centered or concentric.&nbsp; This coin is just slightly imperfect.&nbsp; It may not cross the line to become qualified as a collectable striking error.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Technically, it is not off center because none of the design elements are missing.&nbsp; Even if it were a Barber dime with denticles, I don&#039;t think that any of the denticles would be missing in this case.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">It is probably not misaligned dies because both the obverse &amp; reverse appear to be uncentered approximately the same amount in the same direction.&nbsp; Therefore the dies are not misaligned very much.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">By definition, it is not broadstruck because there is reeding which is evidence of being struck in the collar.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">If the reading is complete, then the coin is just slightly imperfect and simply an uncenterred slightly imperfect coin.&nbsp; However, if the reeding is only partially present, then it may have been struck with the collar improperly positioned &amp; it could be classified as a partial collar strike.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">There are a couple good books that describe the minting process.&nbsp; One is The Error Coin Encyclopedia by Margolis &amp; Weinberg and and the other is</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">The Guide to Mint Errors by Allan Herbert.&nbsp; There are very specific definitions for errors &amp; detailed descriptions of minting process described in these books.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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