[center]<B><IMG SRC="http://www.stujoe.com/images/halves/frankondime.jpg" width="600" height="300"><BR>Photo courtesy of <A HREF="http://www.byersnc.com" TARGET="_blank">www.byersnc.com</A>.<BR>Check out the website of <A HREF="http://www.byersnc.com" TARGET="_blank">Byers Numismatic Corp</A>.</B><br><br>[/center]<IMG HEIGHT="1" SRC="http://www.stujoe.com/images/invdot.gif" WIDTH="25" BORDER="0">As the bins that are used to transport blank planchets around the mint get used and reused, occasionally a planchet from one denomination will end up stuck in a bin that is then filled with planchets for another denomination. That is what most likely occurred with this coin. A silver dime planchet ended up stuck in a bin that was then filled with half dollar planchets. That dime planchet then entered the striking chamber and was struck by the Franklin Half dies. This makes for a very unusual looking error coin.

WOW!!!! Now that is cool.

Very neat. Since there's no denom on it, I guess it's not technically a coin, eh?

That is really cool. Wonder if the dies end up with some clash marks from this type of accident.

I that coin

As a Franklin collector, this is like the Holy Grail

-Bobby