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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikediamond, post: 3658516, member: 1859&quot;]Depth of cupping is an unreliable diagnostic.&nbsp; When a cent planchet is struck with 38 tons of force out-of-collar on top of a coin that is also unconfined by the collar, expansion and distortion is going to be massive.&nbsp; The top coin will inevitably curl toward the hammer die. The incuse image on the working face of a zinc cent die cap that has struck at least one counterbrockage should be more indistinct (or entirely gone).&nbsp; The vast majority of cupped cents with brockages are cupped broadstrikes generated by a single strike.&nbsp; The evidence for this proposition is abundant: (1) Where are the hundreds of counterbrockages these relatively abundant&quot;caps&quot; are alleged to have struck? (I know of perhaps a dozen) (2) Good luck finding an example of a broadstruck zinc cent with a brockage on its reverse face that isn&#039;t cupped (I know of only one). (3) Intact mated pairs featuring a coin like yours always feature a double-struck reverse die cap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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