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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;p91, post: 1656343, member: 6174&quot;]I think John Wright (wrote &quot;The Cent Book&quot; and provided images for coinfacts) agrees with Condor as far as two strikes goes, but leaning towards brockage rather than a 1st strike:</p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="arial">&quot;2) On the reverse of your coin you can clearly see part of an off-center </font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="arial">wreath (bottom right) that has been overlaid with the normal strike. </font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="arial">This planchet was first struck far off-center, either as a normal </font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="arial">strike or as a brockage. I lean toward the latter because even </font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="arial">though there is no design from the first strike on the obverse of </font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="arial">your coin, that area appears to be incuse rather than raised. &quot;</font></span></span><span style="color: #000000"></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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