Question ? what is a capped dime

[dooly]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-D-CAPPED-DIME-rare-/251025993116?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3a7250ad9c#ht_500wt_1202

 

found this on ebay .. and it looks like a penny which has been run over for 10years .. whats the error about ?

[MarkFeld]

"Capped die strike

 

When a die cap error is occurring, the dies continue to strike more coins even though a coin is capped around one of the dies. If the coin is capped around the obv. die, the coins stuck with that die will appear blank or have varying degrees of mushyness on the obv. due to the obverse die being obstructed. If the cap stays on indefinitely, eventually it will wear through the planchet and the coins struck by that die will become less and less obstructed causing a "late-stage" capped die strike where the image is less distorted."

[cpm9ball]

Dooly,

 

A capped die is where one planchet adheres to the die after being struck and then strikes another planchet in the coining chamber.

 

This doesn't look like one, and judging from a few of the seller's descriptions on other coins listed, I don't think he knows what he's talking about.

 

Chris

[dooly]

cheers .. top information as usual .. ebay sca mmer

 

any one got a picture of a real capped coin ? thanks

[James_OldeTowne]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1998-D-CAPPED-DIME-rare-/251025993116?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item3a7250ad9c#ht_500wt_1202

 

found this on ebay .. and it looks like a penny which has been run over for 10years ..

It's both laughable ... yet seriously ridiculous at the same time.

[RWB]

“Capped Dies” Alaskan slang term of gold rush morticians. They’d put a cap on the head of bodies before planting them in the tundra so the bodies would stay warm on their way to hell.

[WoodenJefferson]

The coin that gets stuck to the hammer die turns into a "die cap" Subsequent coints struck by the now die cap are called "brockage" Those come out of the press with one side pristine and the opposite side has almost no definition.

 

The die cap looks like a distorted bottle cap and 9 chances out of 10 has to be manually removed from the die, they can also split and fall off...but how these get into circulation is a mystery.

 

The coin in the auction is junk, like you said, run over by a lorry numerous times.

 

RWB, there was one of those "Capped Dies" previewed on the Antiques Road Show, I believe it was Alaskan Inuit.

[grip]

The errors were droped down the crank case of the fork lift.

Than removed when they went for outside service.