The obverse looks like a normal coin that did not eject completely, turned 180 degrees, and was struck again with the second strike off-center. The reverse has me puzzled. The original coin looks fine and the second strike only spread out the design on the original reverse. I have seen dbl. struck coins with the die design on both strikes. Also coins with the obverse as this but the reverse was struck with a blank between that obliterated the original reverse. So, how was this made?
Your Double Strike has a 'Uniface" reverse; it's because another planchet slipped into the striking chamber/collar, when the second strike occurred. It was partially under neither the just-struck coin when it was struck a 2nd time, off center. If there wasn't another (unstuck) planchet in the collar at the time of this double strike, the reverse design would have been there, as on the obverse side. I call it DSBS - Die Struck (on) both Strikes. Your's is a Uniface strike on the reverse. Hope this helps a bit.
Learned something today. It always seems to happen to me when I start to think I know a lot about numismatics.
Thanks Fred. I was going to send this image but posted it in hopes you would see it. I hope the members appreciate the fact that you are spending valuable time to educate us! Do I understand what you wrote? So, in the case of this dbl. strike, the blank never came into contact with the already struck reverse. That let the original reverse design remain on the coin but just spread it out.
My understanding of Fred's explanation is that a new planchet came between the reverse of the (previously) struck coin and the die. It allowed the second (off-center) strike of the obverse, and caused the planchet to deform the (previously) struck reverse of the coin. @Fred Weinberg - If my explanation is incorrect, please let me know. Chris
Yes, that's what I was saying.... What you see in the distortion of the uniface reverse 2nd strike is the original rev. design from the first strike, but spread out a bit, and deformed, from the pressure of the 2nd O/C Strike, but with a unstruck planchet being between the bottom of the coin, and the die. Ie; the other coin in this process would be an off center strike with a brockage of the reverse side. If you had both pieces, that's a Mated Pair - they will fit into each other perfectly, and almost 'click' together when matched.
Wonder what the second planchet that was struck looked like. ....Dang missed the answer by seconds...
What I still don't fully understand is this: When the blank planchet keeps the reverse die of the second strike from touching the original coin, I thought the pressure of the double thickness (original struck coin + blank) was strong enough to flatten and obliterate the design of the original coin. On this coin it is just spread with no evidence of weakening or removing the original strike.
The pressure of the off center strike, with the unstuck planchet underneath it , spreads/distorts the original lettering in that area from the first strike. It does not totally obliterate the design from the original first strike
OK, I believe you but what do error experts call a coin that looks exactly like my OP on the obverse yet the O/C strike on the reverse is spread out with no trace of any design where the other planchet blocked the dies?
There IS the trace of design, spread out, where the other planchet prevented the rev. design from being struck on the reverse of the 2nd strike - it's the distortion from the UNSTRUCK planchet, against the already struck design....... I'm a bit confused when you say 'spread out with no trace of any design where the planchet blocked the dies' - there IS design there.
You got my faces and colors going Fred. I should have made my post clear. "OK, I believe you but what do error experts call a [different] coin that looks exactly like my OP on the obverse; yet the O/C strike on the reverse is spread out [just as this coin except] with no trace of any design where the other planchet blocked the dies? I've never see one like my OP. I have seen the spread reverse of the second strike either: 1. Fully struck as the obverse. 2. Fully blank on the spread-out portion of the reverse. 3. With a brockage on the spread out portion of the reverse. The OP coin puzzled me as I cannot explain it and have never seen this; but I'll take your word as to what happened. Thanks!
There are many many many hundreds +++ of examples of double struck coins that have reverses that look exactly like your coin posted. It occurs on all denominations.
