circulation find, strange dime, weird strike?

coinman420 · April 28, 2007 9:11AM

i know some of this is wear from circulation but what is this? the obverse strike is very strong yet lettering and date are fading. the reverse strike is very weak. any opinions?

commoncents05 · April 28, 2007 9:13AM

Struck using heavily worn dies and struck through grease? That's my best guess.

-Paul

Pentimento · April 28, 2007 9:14AM

Nice pictures!

coinman420 · April 28, 2007 9:18AM

<< <i>Nice pictures! >>

thanks,

AskRaq · April 28, 2007 9:31AM

Removed - (Sorry, think I confused the readers by adding a different coin pic to the OP's thread)

GoldenEyeNumismatics · April 28, 2007 11:13AM

<< <i>Struck using heavily worn dies and struck through grease? That's my best guess.

-Paul >>

foundinrolls · April 28, 2007 11:15AM

it was just run over on a roadway. nothing else unusual.
Bill

coinman420 · April 28, 2007 11:25AM

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<< <i>Struck using heavily worn dies and struck through grease? That's my best guess.

-Paul >>

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this is what i was thinking, thanks all

Colquhoun · April 28, 2007 11:31AM

After last weeks post about the difficulty of finding 69P dimes in change, I looked through my water jug.. In the process I half about a dozen denver dimes that were good strikes but missing the last digit of the date.

ipmman · April 28, 2007 11:55AM

It could also be a "Die Adjustment Strike", also known as a die trial.

Described by Alan Herbert as:

"A coin struck during the adjustment of the dies, showing on the struck coin as weakly struck parts of the design appearing on both sides of the coin, the rest missing because of low striking pressure.

Usually the central design will be the first to show up, with the lettering around the rim the last. Since the appearance of a weak strike or a filled die strike may be similar, to fall into this class the coin design must exhibit equal and regular weakness on both sides of the coin. "

Or a "weak strike", which is the same as a die adjustment strike, but all of the details show.

Herbert differentiates the two by whether all of the details can be seen or not. On yours, there are the missing details on the reverse.

The universal missing details around the periphery on the obverse makes me question whether it is struck-thru. Usually die trials have almost no detail at all, yours has quite a lot of detail, but then again, is missing the reverse detail at 4:30.

Truth is, this one is a little hard to nail down. If Fred Weinberg could chime in, we would have a definitive answer.

perfectstrike · April 28, 2007 11:56AM

Looks like a possible die cap to me. If so, it became dislodged after a very few strikes.

David

errormaven · April 29, 2007 1:50AM

Struck through grease. A late die state as well (worn dies). But the weakness is due to the grease. It's not a low-pressure strike (a.k.a. "die trial") because the design rim is well-formed and the reeding apparently strong.

ipmman · April 29, 2007 8:35AM

I agree with errormaven about the reeding. If the reeding is strong, it is definately struck thru grease.

speety · April 29, 2007 9:08AM

Nice pics, my guess would be struck through grease

circulation find, strange dime, weird strike?

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