I found this coin in a roll of cents many years ago... I recently came back across it and had it at the FUN show. I showed Rich Schemmer this piece and he agreed that it was in fact a counter brockaged piece. These are extremely difficult to find. It's not the most beautiful coin ever.. but it is what it is..
Dave this is from the CONECA web site, hope it helps you understand how it happened. Bill Counter-brockage errors are the result of a planchet and a brockage coin being present in the coining chamber at the same time. The items may overlap or rest on top of each other. There is one exception - the “counter-brockage second strike” - which is the result of a planchet and a counter-brockage coin being in the coining chamber together. Also-- Brockage errors are the result of a planchet and a normally struck coin being in the coining chamber at the same time. The two items may overlap each other, rest on top of each other, or be of different sizes. There is one exception - the “brockage second strike” - which is the result of a planchet and a brockage coin being in the coining chamber together. When a coin sticks to the upper or lower die a number of brockage strikes may occur from the same coin (which at this stage is known as a "die cap"). The first strike from the "capped die" will result in a "mirror brockage" that will exhibit a perfect incuse mirror image of the design. As the cap continues to strike coins it will distort and spread outward wrapping itself around the shank of the die looking very much like a soda bottle cap or in later stages like a thimble. This will result in the designs of the coin closest to the rim eventually no longer appearing on the brockage strikes that result from the distorted cap. Both of the these are from the CONECA glossary of error/variety terms.
Thanks Bill Now that my head is spinning around my shoulders like a top, trying to soak it all in, hopefully when it stops I will understand it. Some times trying to get a two cylinder thought into my one cylinder mind is kind of hard. Dave
Ok, I can see how it occured now. Let's assume the obv die is the hammer die. A coin is struck and remains in the coining chamber. A planchet is fed in on top of the coin in the coining chamber. The press cycles and the upper planchet becomes a brockage with an obv and an incuse image of the obv. This brockage sticks to the obv die and the other coin is ejected from the press. A planchet is fed into the coining chamber and struck between the reverse die and the obverse brockage. This repeats several times. This causes the obverse brockage to spead as it begins forming acap on the obverse die. Then the planchet for this coin is fed into the press. It is struck between the reverse die and the now distorted and distended obv brockage giving us a coin with a normal but sharply struck reverse, and an obverse of the cent but larger than normal and in very flat relief with the image extending beyond the edges of the coin. Also note the dishing effect at the rim on the obverse which is charateristic of a coin struck through a die cap.
