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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 5154268, member: 66"]Capped die strike and also appears to be a partial collar as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has two reverse because the obverse die is "capped" by a previously struck cent. Since the obv of that cent is stuck to the obv die the OP coin is being struck between a rev die and the reverse of that previously struck cent. The die has been capped for a little while and the stuck cent is spreading out, that is why the memorial is larger than normal, and that spreading and the pounding is making it thinner which is why the Lincoln bust is starting to show through.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 5154268, member: 66"]Capped die strike and also appears to be a partial collar as well. It has two reverse because the obverse die is "capped" by a previously struck cent. Since the obv of that cent is stuck to the obv die the OP coin is being struck between a rev die and the reverse of that previously struck cent. The die has been capped for a little while and the stuck cent is spreading out, that is why the memorial is larger than normal, and that spreading and the pounding is making it thinner which is why the Lincoln bust is starting to show through.[/QUOTE]
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