roosevelt errors/varietys

coinguy89

What are the roosevelt dime varietys and errors in the collection? I checked my price guide and they only list one variety. Are they hard to find in mint-state? How about errors?

kranky

I believe there are quite a few repunched mintmarks (RPMs) and over mintmarks (OMMs). 1968, 1970 and 1983 had some proof issues where the mintmark was missing (these are expensive). Proof coins in 1979 and 1981 had type 1 and type 2 mintmark varieties. 1964 had pointed and blunt 9 varieties in the date; it used to be a lot more popular than it is today.

darktone

Here's one I found a few days ago. It would be nice to see the new cherry pickers book come out so we new what the major varieties were for everthing bigger than a nickel without buying every speciality book out there. mike

cladking

There's a two-tailed (1965-S) dime. A very rare '75 No-S issue. There's a scarce (especially in gem)
1982- NMM coin. There are numerous DDO and DDR proofs. There are '68-D,'69-D and '80-D RPM's, the '69-D
is especially neat though not too scarce. There are '69-D, '70, and '70-D DDR's. There's a nice '68 DDO. This
last one runs fairly common in mint sets(~1.6%).

There are also several proof RPM's.

seanq

Go back to the silver issues and you have a few more interesting varieties to look for. One could make a terrific collection of doubled dies and RPMs from 1946 alone. Same with the 1963 and 1964 issues - numerous dramatic DDOs and DDRs on both business strikes and proofs. There are also the 1950-S/D and the 1960 Proof DDO, each very dramatic and highly collectible.

You asked about errors, too, and though I suspect you may have meant it as a synonym for 'varieties,' I'll speak to it anyway. Clipped planchets are available even for the silver issues, and won't cost you more than a buck or two apiece - they don't really become scarce until the last couple of years. Off-center silver issues are pretty hard to find, with the vast majority of them dating 1964 or undated. You can find a nice example of an off-center or broadstruck clad dime pretty cheaply, most of the ones I've seen have dated from 1994-1999. Dated off-centers from the 60s, early 70's, and even some years in the 80's are harder to locate but not too expensive when you do (starting around $20).


Sean Reynolds