What caused this?
mensareject
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A first for me and no idea what could have caused the deformity.
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It looks like it was struck with a slightly misaligned die.
I see a perfectly normal with nearly 60 years of wear and tear.
Your first step should be to tell us what deformity you're asking about, without making us guess.
I think that he is asking about the doubling of the rim at left. No, not "perfectly normal".
As mentioned above (BHB), it’s a very minor misaligned die – no premium value, imo
Actually, it's very common and I've seen it on many coins struck from slightly misaligned dies. The lower part of the doubled rim was struck by the outer edge of the die while the higher part of the doubled rim is just outside of the edge of the die and was unstruck causing it to be higher.
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It seems more common on dimes than any other denomination, in my experience.
So would you agree that it's not perfectly normal? Maybe a common defect, but not perfectly normal. That's why he's asking-it's somewhat unusual-not "perfectly normal".
Misaligned dies will show one side off center while the other side is well centered. An off center strike will show both sides off center. Your reverse is aligned, so, yes, I'd agree with a slightly misaligned die as the cause of the deformity.
@PerryHall Thanks for your explanation of how this occurs but remember that we're here to contribute, rather than dispute and nitpick. All I did was to clarify the O/Ps question, correctly identifying the "deformity" which makes this coin different than a "perfectly normal" example.