What type of error is this Roosevelt?

Trooper

Hi all,
What kind of error is associated with this dime? And how did it happen?

It's about the same size as a penny. Ok, I hope you can follow this description. The rim on the reverse is the same size as the Lincoln but flares out a little wider on the obverse.

Does it carry a premium? I'm probably gonna sell it one day.
Thanks
Tom

ldhair

Wrong collar?

Is the edge reeded?

Trooper

Larry
The reverse does shows a weak reed but it disapears as the coin flares out(gets bigger in diameter) towards the obverse.

Thanks
Tom

nucklehead

The dime looks like a broadstrike to me.

airplanenut

<< <i>The dime looks like a broadstrike to me. >>

It is a broadstrike- a pretty large one at that. It would probably be worth around $10-$15 if it's unc.

ldhair

Hey Dog you out there?

Help us out.

ldhair

On a broadstrike coin did the collar not come into place or was it not there?

seanq

It is a centered broadstrike. To understand how it was made, it may help to think of the collar as a third die - when the obverse and reverse dies strike, the planchet is forced outward against the collar, and that "third die" forms the reeding. Broadstrikes are created when the collar is not in place; with nothing to retain the metal under pressure from the obverse and reverse dies, the planchet squeezes out from between them. Since the "third die" is missing, true broadstrikes will have no reeding.

Value for the piece is probably right around $10, it would be slightly less were the strike uncentered or the overall size slightly smaller. Not that most people pay attention to such things, but 1994-P is one of the most common dates for off-center and broadstrike dimes.

Nice error coin, thanks for sharing.


Sean Reynolds

dorkkarl

broadstruck. it was struck w/out a collar

K S

Trooper

I learn something new every day. Thanks everyone for the explainations and Sean thanks on how it was produced.

tom

cladking

There's weak reeding on the reverse? Is this act the normal radius from the center
with some metal pushed up behind it? It sounds at least a little unusual.

Rampage

The correct wording is as previously stated: Centered Broadstrike

Worth 5 to 10 dollars, retail.