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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bizzybill2000, post: 510277, member: 12677&quot;]Dave this is from the CONECA web site, hope it helps you understand how it happened.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Bill</p><p>Counter-brockage errors are the result of a planchet and a brockage coin being present in the coining chamber at the same time. The items may overlap or rest on top of each other. There is one exception - the “counter-brockage second strike” - which is the result of a planchet and a counter-brockage coin being in the coining chamber together.</p><p>Also--</p><p>Brockage errors are the result of a planchet and a normally struck coin being in the coining chamber at the same time. The two items may overlap each other, rest on top of each other, or be of different sizes. There is one exception - the “brockage second strike” - which is the result of a planchet and a brockage coin being in the coining chamber together.&nbsp; When a coin sticks to the upper or lower die a number of brockage strikes may occur from the same coin (which at this stage is known as a &quot;die cap&quot;).&nbsp; The first strike from the &quot;capped die&quot; will result in a &quot;mirror&nbsp; brockage&quot; that will exhibit a perfect incuse mirror image of the design. As the cap continues to strike coins it will distort and spread outward wrapping itself around the shank of the die looking very much like a soda bottle cap or in later stages like a thimble.&nbsp; This will result in the designs of&nbsp; the coin closest to the rim eventually no longer appearing on the brockage strikes that result from the distorted cap. </p><p>Both of the these are from the CONECA glossary of error/variety terms.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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