Coin Roll Hunting

[cooltone23]

Did a little coin roll hunting yesterday evening and produced a couple things. Off of 5 dime rolls I got a couple Rosies, but then I got this 2000 "P" dime and noticed something strange with it. It seems the the rim was out of line during the minting of the coin. Would appreciate anyone's input on it. Thanks!

 

[Narthoniel]

It appears to be a slightly off center strike.

 

[allen]

worth keeping...

 

[phantomfinder]

Good eye , WTG

 

[cooltone23]

Sneaky little one! I almost let this little bugger get away.

 

[dfx willy]

i dont know how rare they are i think there somewhat common i have a few myself. willy.

 

[twistidd]

I've seen a lot like that and just spend them, they are pretty common. If you look carefully, it's hard to find a Lincoln cent that perfectly-struck. Many are off like that. Nice silver finds, though!

Joe

 

[kdismuke1]

GREAT FIND GOOD EYES.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Looks like it to me as well. Good eyes

 

[tymcmurray]

I keep ANY off strike I find..... You
never know.

 

[oddcoins]

I'm not totally sure, but it looks like a mis-aligned obverse die to me ~ a.k.a. MAD (Mis-Aligned Die). You'd have to post pic's of the reverse and the edge for me to be for sure. The obverse appears to be "off center" while the reverse is normal, plus the edge reeding is normal too. In most instances the obverse die is the hammer die (or working die) and the reverse die is the anvil die. It is common for the obverse die to work loose and it won't line up with the reverse die perfectly ~ this makes the obverse of the coin look "off center" while the reverse looks normal.

A true off center struck error coin will have been struck "out of collar" so there will not be any reeding on the edge, and the reverse will look the same amount "off center" as the obverse.

Mis-aligned die is a DIE ERROR. Off center is a STRIKING ERROR.

Here's the address to my error coin web page:

http://community.webtv.net/oddcoins/NeilMcElroyspagefor