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[VBG] Doug is right, I was being complimentary, while at the same time trying to be funny with Doug. lol

[sigh] humor is so difficult to properly convey on a msg board.

 

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I believe it is a type of strike through if you will, it is a coin struck through another planchet, a planchet that has been stuck to the die for so long that it is very thin and most of the design elements are reasonably clear on the coins struck through it.

 

Thanks guys. I learned something new today.

 

Very true Chris
Mike,
Chris and Doug said it very good---a planchet becomes a "cap" on the die and at first it will block out the image some, or maybe totally....I think each case may change alittle so this could be partly wrong.
In this case the "cap" wasn't caught by the mint and it struck many coins untill it became thin like Chris said. I would say that shortly after this strike, more than likely the cap broke apart and the dies started back striking normal coins.

Speedy

 

Thanks for all the info

<b>&nbsp;The other side looks normal</b>.<b></b><br><br>The other side looks normal.

 

Yes, a die cap is a coin that sticks to the die and strikes a bunch of succeeding planchets. The bottom of the cap gets thinner and thinner, letting more and more of the design bleed through. A die cap can form from an otherwise normal coin, a coin that rested on top of another planchet when it was struck (a uniface strike), or a coin that's initially struck against another coin (producing a brockage on the working face of the cap). Or it can be a more complex error coin.

 

definatly a nice find!

 

Very cool dude!

 

Speedy:
You did NOT sound like a big head!
You sounded correct.
Not like my guess, which was: Ah donno.