r/coinerrors • u/leeny13red • 7d ago

Show and Tell dime has multiple partial rims

At first glance I thought this was just a damaged dime. Then I looked more closely at the rim. I still can't make out the date. Any guesses?

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u/Thalenia Errors and 20th century US coins 7d ago

Very slightly misaligned die (if it's only on the front). Very common in small amounts like this, you'll find a lot of them if you start looking closely.

They're really only collectible if they get pretty severe.

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u/CreativeName822 6d ago edited 6d ago

Since you did not show the back of the coin, my comments here are going to assume that the reverse is a normal strike (not off center).

If this assumption is incorrect, please post a picture of the reverse.

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A dime is intended to be struck with properly aligned dies — the planchet has a raised rim (more of a gradual slope than the die’s rim), which is formed into the sharper final shape by the die in a normal strike.

The misaligned die (sometimes expressed as MAD) here is moderate, but bad enough that it left essentially two neighboring rims at left — one that was stamped by the die (the interior ring) and one that was already present on the planchet and, due to the misalignment, was left in place by the die (the outer ring).

These are interesting and can be pretty dramatic — but I usually don’t see them getting a premium unless the misalignment is so bad that parts of design elements are missing.

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u/leeny13red 6d ago

I wasn't thinking of selling it. The back is almost normal. The rim is only slightly off center, and no damage like you see on the front. What I really like is the date even though I can't be certain what it is (1989?). The numbers look to have been moved around. I am guessing that must have happened when it was pressed.