2000 broadstrike cent

A few of these are blurry cause my cat wanted my attention on her not the coin. Jealous really... Rubing and licking my hand.... Lol but this one is awesome.

 

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Kinda looks like a plate. Meow would like to know, does it have a bigger diameter compared to other cents? The outside lettering is a lot farther from the edge than normal.

 

Nice coin. I like to look at the designs along the edge an see how the metal that was once inside the designs of the die get splayed out and pushed towards the edge causing a shadow doubling effect. I see this Plated cents show the zinc underneath as the plating is stretched beyond its thickness in places.

 

That is exactly what happened. When the Cent was struck it was struck out of the retaining collar, known as the 3rd Die. So the Planchet expanded. Could be almost the size of a nickel.. So yes to bigger diameter.

 

So this would be found in rolls of Nickels?

 

Great acquisition you have there!

Here are more examples of Broadstruck coins from my own collection -

 

No.. usually in bags of Cents from the US Mint.. Nickels and Cents are Minted separately.

 

So Meow will never find one CRH...……….How did the OP get paws on it??? How did you find yours?

 

Have you discovered if it cupped, cneterd, forced or stiff collar? Very interesting find http://www.error-ref.com/part-vi-striking-errors/

 

Would it be cupped,centered forced or larger diameter or all of the above?Thanks

 

I have yet to find a broadstrike and quite curious how these actually end up in rolls. Some seem quite large and I would imagine that these would screw with the rolling process; same with the lovely off-centers as the shape is all wrong.

What kind of roll did you find this one in?

 

Nice find! I’ve never found a broadstruck in circulation.

 

No it wasn't found. It was gifted.

 

It was gifted to me. I never found one in circulation either.

 

Never in a roll..

You either purchase it, find it in a mint sewn bag or it is gifted to you as the OP stated

 

@Shrews1994 But is it cupped,centered forced or larger diameter or all of the above? Can you snap a shot looking at the rim to see the thickness or cupping?Thanks
http://www.error-ref.com/part-vi-striking-errors/

 

Shrews Cent is just a normal centered Broadstrike and nothing else.. The other types you mentioned are extremely rare to find. I have been collecting these for many years and it is hard to acquire the other types.

 

paddyman98 did you get a chance to review my post earlier ? 1963-D DDO-002, 2-O-IV+VIII?

 

Yes. Just A centerd broadstrike. Not a major one. Not the size of a nicked. Not that big of broadstrike. But bigger than a cent. Lol. The edge is thinner because of the die being stretched out.

 

Copyed and pasted.

Cupping is almost always toward the hammer die.

The cause of cupping is not entirely clear. Sometimes it’s guided by a stiff collar that is just barely deployed above the level of the anvil die. But in many cases there is no
source of physical guidance. That is the case for the two 1999 cents shown below.



The 1999 cent shown above developed an almost vertical wall as it curled toward the obverse (hammer) die. A corona of exposed zinc formed at the perimeter of the design on both faces