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I have a 1999 dime with the mint location "P" next to the head. The tail side is normal but the head side has an error. It appears as if the press came down at an angle and slightly off-center. One side of the dime (inside the raised rim) is lower than the other side and it appears to have a second, lower rim just on the inside of the normal raised rim. Just curious to value and rarity.
Matt,
You have either an off-center strike error or an out-of-collar strike error. These are both caused by the coin blank not getting properly inserted into the stamping press, and are both relatively common errors. In either case, value is a dollar or two.
Dan
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Dan Moore
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