1995D Broadstruck

[Shleppodella1]

I came across this 1995D and it has alot of the same characteristics as the slabbed 1999 broadstruck I included for what I was using as a reference. Is that a good avenue to take for research?

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, it's important to remember that bo evidence errors... not varieties, errors are pretty much unique. Each condition or reason it happened is unique, for the most part.

Biggest thing to do when researching errors in this case is to have another coin of the same denomination close at hand. You can then place it on the table and place the suspect coin on top of it. Try to determine if the possible broadstruck is larger in diameter than the normally struck coin. The broadstruck coin should be significantly larger

Your slabbed photo, if you have that available, you can take a ruler and get a rough idea what the distance is from the left side to the right side. Then you can measure the distance on a normal coin to see what the difference is. I suggest to view some dramatic errors, pick a error category like broad struck. Go to ha.com and search for that error type. They have some doozies on that website. It will give you an idea that every one of them will look slightly different.

https://www.ha.com/c/search/results....1&mode=archive

Broad strikes typically happen when the coin that is about to get struck is not being held by the collar. This means when the planchet gets struck by the hammer die, when its resting on the anvil die. The metal is free to expand in whatever direction it wishes to go.

With the coin in collar, the coins metal flow is really restricted and it pretty much resembles what a normal everyday coin looks like.