I bought my first error coin. I liked it because it's such a hot mess and so dramatic. I am not an error collector, however I would like examples of the more common type of errors. So I started with this one. Is this just an off-center strike, or how else would you describe it? Was $9 a fair price? Thanks for any info. -greg
According to Alan Herbert....... III-J-1 Indented Strike An indented strike is defined as: A coin which was struck with PART of an unstruck PLANCHET between it and one of the dies, showing on the struck coin as a shallow irregularly rounded depression in part of the face sloping up to the level of the field. The rest of the face and opposite side of the object coin will receive a strong or very strong strike except for the area of the edge next to and in contact with the intervening planchet, which will be distorted. Herbert goes on to add...... The intervening planchet will become an off-center strike, but with die contact on only one side of the struck portion. I don't know, but it sounds like it to me. Chris
I found this article by Mike Diamond on coinworld. I think this may be what he refers to as a "sandwich strike". The link below is a "print" page, so it tries to print the page. Just hit cancel. http://www.coinworld.com/articles/printarticle/sandwich-strikes-shouldnt-be-confused-with-sa mmmm. sandwich.
Off-center indented strike. In a typical indented strike it is the off center blank planchet that does the indenting. In this case the blank planchet was in the coining chamber and the planchet that became this piece. The planchet in the coining chamber becomes an indented strike error
Thanks Conder! You da man. from error-ref.com "An off-center strike in which the coin is struck against an underlying or overlying planchet. The second situation happens less often. In either case, the face struck against the planchet is featureless; the opposite face is die-struck. In an off-center uniface strike, the entire face must be featureless. If any of it is die-struck, it is designated an off-center strike with indent. Due to the double thickness involved in such an error, effective striking pressure is elevated. This often produces a "stretch strike" -- a coin with an expanded "slide zone". "
