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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4891149, member: 19463"]This reminds me of the English saying "Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining" but approaches the thought from the opposite perspective.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few brockages. Most standard is the Republican. It seems that RR mints made more brockages than did the imperial.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180388[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Since I specialize in the Eastern mints of Septimius Severus, I could not pass up this 'Emesa' brockage. There is no way of telling what reverse it lacks since that mint made a practice of using one obverse die with several reverses. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180387[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>AE coins are less common as brockages because the heavier coins would be more likely to fall off the top die. This is a barbarous/branch mint Claudius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180390[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Unusual is the combination of brockage and fourree on this Hadrian denarius. I have seen three fourree brockages but I'm sure there are others in junk boxes out there.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180397[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Later coins probably used pincher dies so it became easier to get obverse brockages. This is COMES AVG of Victorinus?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180398[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>My most unusual is a Magnentius AE2 flipover double strike where the first strike was a brockage. That gives the coin one obverse and three reverses of which one is a brockage. There are easier coins to photograph. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180399[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Here's hoping you get invited to your sister's fiftieth anniversary party.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4891149, member: 19463"]This reminds me of the English saying "Even the darkest cloud has a silver lining" but approaches the thought from the opposite perspective. I have a few brockages. Most standard is the Republican. It seems that RR mints made more brockages than did the imperial. [ATTACH=full]1180388[/ATTACH] Since I specialize in the Eastern mints of Septimius Severus, I could not pass up this 'Emesa' brockage. There is no way of telling what reverse it lacks since that mint made a practice of using one obverse die with several reverses. [ATTACH=full]1180387[/ATTACH] AE coins are less common as brockages because the heavier coins would be more likely to fall off the top die. This is a barbarous/branch mint Claudius. [ATTACH=full]1180390[/ATTACH] Unusual is the combination of brockage and fourree on this Hadrian denarius. I have seen three fourree brockages but I'm sure there are others in junk boxes out there. [ATTACH=full]1180397[/ATTACH] Later coins probably used pincher dies so it became easier to get obverse brockages. This is COMES AVG of Victorinus? [ATTACH=full]1180398[/ATTACH] My most unusual is a Magnentius AE2 flipover double strike where the first strike was a brockage. That gives the coin one obverse and three reverses of which one is a brockage. There are easier coins to photograph. [ATTACH=full]1180399[/ATTACH] Here's hoping you get invited to your sister's fiftieth anniversary party.[/QUOTE]
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