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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 4260328, member: 78244&quot;]Let’s explain the physics:</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin gets struck, but it sticks to one of the dies (in this case, the obverse one). A planchet still gets fed in between the dies, but when the dies come together, there is both a struck coin and the planchet. The planchet gets a normal reverse impression, but the obverse gets a brockage of the first coin’s reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the first coin, the impact between the reverse’s image and the blank planchet obverse obliterates the image. The stresses from the shape of the obverse die get transferred through the two planchets, so it shows up as a ghost image on the first coin. In addition, the dies still strike with the same force for the calibrated distance. However, that distance is altered by the presence of two planchets instead of one. That increases the net pressure felt by the first coin, and it will spread out at the edges, creating the “seam” you see.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are also seeing a wire rim on the obverse resulting from the capped die. The rim on the reverse is a result of the unstruck planchet being smaller than the finished coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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