Expert: PAPAJACK - 12/28/2006

Question
Does anyone know of a misprint on a 2000 dime from D mint that actually is stamped 200

Answer
Hello Carl,    

Are there scratch marks, or is the surface different?
Is there a ghost of the missing item or scaring where it should be?
Is the rest of the coin properly struck?

Missing letters or digits are usually caused by a filled die error.
Grease and debris commonly get caught in the recesses of the dies as they produce coins. When the dies close on the blank the portion of the die filled with this debris won’t let the metal flow into it.
These coins are common with weak or altogether missing features. The price you may get for them over the face value depends on what an error collector may pay for the particular coin.

There is no added value to the coin for this defect. It is just a novelty interest and someone may collect it for that reason alone, probably for a dollar or less.

Error collecting is a branch outside of coins collecting. There is no fixed pricing on error coins published and each one would have to be seen to be evaluated.

I hope this information is helpful.

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Thank You and Good Luck

PapaJack