How much offset is needed for a coin to move from the realm of common die misalignment to the realm

DesertRat

Found this in the last of my Lincolns. It came out of circulation hence the condition, but since I have seen several misalignments and been told they are common, I was wondering just how far does it need to be?

FC57Coins

I would think that in order to be "collectible" an off center strike would have to be at least 10-15 degrees off center

Conder101

It needs to be far enough off that some portion of the design is off the planchet. The on you picture comes close but needs to be a little further off. Pieces misaligned that much are rare because if the hammer die is off that far it is slamming into the collar and that doesn't go on for long.

seanq

Here's one I owned and traded away a few years ago. Picked it on eBay with a bunch of other minor errors, it was described quite accurately as "off-center obverse only".



There was a nice MAD 1956-D cent on eBay that closed over the weekend, it fell somewhere between your coin and the one above. I've already deleted the bookmark, but you should be able to find it in a search.


Sean Reynolds