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  • #1

    Confirmation, Please

    I purchased this coin from a local dealer. He had it marked as a brockage. I believe it is a counter brockage. Am I right?
    BTW the column on the reverse appear to be in relief though it is hard to tell.
    ALSO it appears to be double stuck.
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    Last edited by kurtrr; 12-06-2015, 08:22 AM.
    Tags: cent, cherry pick, counter brockage
  • #2
    It's neither. This is an off-center uniface strike. The planchet was fed into the press off-center on top of another planchet.
    Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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    • #3
      Question about the image on the reverse

      Originally posted by diamond View Post
      It's neither. This is an off-center uniface strike. The planchet was fed into the press off-center on top of another planchet.
      Thanks Mike. So does that mean that the memorial image I see on the reverse was impressed through the planchet?
      BTW I enjoy your writing. Coin World can thank you for being one of the reasons I subscribe to their publication.

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      • #4
        Yes. Any faint elements belonging to the Memorial simply bled through the underlying planchet from the reverse die. Thanks for the compliments. I enjoy writing the column.
        Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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        • #5
          One more question. Re. the extra arc I see between the slide zone and the rim of the last image (on the obverse). Does that arc indicate this is double struck?

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          • #6
            It's not a reliable indicator of a second strike.
            Mike Diamond. Error coin writer and researcher.

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            • #7
              thanks

              Originally posted by diamond View Post
              It's not a reliable indicator of a second strike.
              Oh Rats! Thanks anyway Mike. I appreciate your input.

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              • #8
                I have to catch them with the date ..
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