Off center or broadstrike?

Discussion in 'Error Coins' started by 51Caveman, Jun 17, 2022.

  1. 51Caveman

    51Caveman Active Member

    Was 101 degrees here in upstate South Carolina today. 114 "real feel"! So spent most of the day taking photos either with my Cell phone or the coin microscope. Only problem with the microscope is I can't get the entire coin in frame so some of the pics may be not so great. I've heard folks refer to the following pics as "broadstrikes" or "off center". Not sure what the right terminology is but here are some pics...

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  3. Oldhoopster

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  5. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Looks off center to me. Getting hit broad struck is something else totally different. :angelic::hilarious:
     
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  6. 51Caveman

    51Caveman Active Member

    So is this a good one?
     
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  7. alurid

    alurid Well-Known Member

  8. John Wright

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  9. Fred Weinberg

    Fred Weinberg Well-Known Member

    It's off center - some design elements (lettering on rev., date on obv.)
    are missing -
     
  10. Mountain Man

    Mountain Man Well-Known Member

    Nice examples for sure.
     
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  11. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    Broadstrike would be missing reeding, I think
     
  12. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    Typically an off-center is also missing the reeding. The difference is whether any of the desing details are off the edge of the planchet. You can have a centered broadstrike (no collar and planchet centered between the dies.) Uncentered broadstrike (no collar and planchet is not centered between the dies, all the design details are on the planchet.) Off-center (planchet not centered between the dies and part of the design is missing, collar may or may not be present.)
     
  13. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    I'm in the off center broadstrike camp.
    That is until the 3rd side is shown.
     
  14. Tamaracian

    Tamaracian 12+ Yr Member--Supporter

    @51Caveman please either take a photo of the Edge, or definitely state that there IS or IS NOT Reeding present (or partially present); then you will be able to get the proper answer to your question.
     
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  15. mikediamond

    mikediamond Coin Collector

    This is clearly an off-center strike. Both off-center strikes and broadstrikes are struck out-of-collar.
     
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  16. 51Caveman

    51Caveman Active Member

    Sorry it a few days to post this. Life. But yes, the edge is missing the reeding all the way around. 1985 Broadstrike edge.jpg
    Sat it between 2 coin stacks to hold it up!
     
  17. 51Caveman

    51Caveman Active Member

    Here's another Quarter I have (1998 P) that is off center on obverse and reverse with no reeding on edge.
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