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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 3089898, member: 1859&quot;]Certainly, if a coin is struck out of collar and shows both designs offset to the same degree and in the same direction, then it&#039;s obvious you&#039;re dealing with an off-center strike.&nbsp; If the collar is fully deployed, then the only way you can get an off-center strike is if the collar is frozen in the up position (a stiff collar error).</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of a misaligned die error that is combined with a broadstrike, you use Occam&#039;s Razor.&nbsp; If one die strikes the planchet in a centered position, while the other die is offset, the latter is the one that is presumed to be misaligned.&nbsp; While it&#039;s theoretically possible for a planchet and a die to be offset to the same degree and in the same direction, it&#039;s highly unlikely.&nbsp; I&#039;ve written about conundrums like these several times in Coin World.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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