Help confirm misaligned obv die 1885 Morgan (large images)

VAMs4U2BuyHere

I have a number of coins that I believe will qualify, and will be attributed as a mis-aligned die errors. I would like to get some opinions from those who have experience with this type of error. On this coin, I note a mis-aligned obverse die while the reverse die is centered. I thank you in advance for your opinions & comments.

Conder101

Yes it is misaligned, but it is so slight that it isn't worth any premium.

Rampage

I agree with what Conder said. Yes, it is a MAD (mis-aligned die), but it is also very minor. I think the cost of the submission would would eat up your MAD premium. Still a very cool error find.

MAD4MORGANS

This is from the CONECA website:



<< <i>Struck off-center - When the collar is jammed in the fully downward position and the planchet fails to be centered between the dies, the result is an off-center strike. The only difference between an uncentered broadstrike and an off-center strike is the degree of off-centeredness. If any portion of the design is missing, it is an off-center strike. Most collector demand for this error is in the 35-65% off-center range. Lesser percentages are acceptable for rarer dates, but larger percentages are usually ignored by the knowledgeable collector. >>

PerryHall

Would that coin be within normal mint tolerances? If this is the case, would it really be considered misalligned dies? Just wondering.

VAMs4U2BuyHere

Thanks for help guys.

BTW - "Struck off center" & "Mis-aligned dies" are two different errors.

The definition of "struck off center" was posted by mad4morgans above. Thank you.

I forgot that I had a copy of "The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors", by Alan Herbert in my reference material. I just read the section about mis-aligned dies. A misaligned die occurs when the planchet is actually centered in the press, but one, or both, of the actual dies are mis-adjusted and subsequently strike the obverse and/or reverse slightly off center. And, per the book, Condor101 is correct in that this coin is too minimal to bring a premium.

astrorat

In order for a misaligned die to have any real premium, the strike from the hammer die needs to be at least 5% off. In other words, there needs to be a significant portion of the rim or design missing. When you see them at that level of misalignment, they are a neat error coin.

Lane