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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1711889, member: 11521&quot;]I am going to stick my neck out and offer a possible explanation for how this error occurred. </p><p><br /></p><p>My theory is this off-center nickel was struck twice (if not more times). </p><p><br /></p><p>First Strike - The planchet entered the coining chamber and was struck off center. The off-center nickel then stuck to the hammer die (obverse die). </p><p><br /></p><p>Second Strike - A new planchet entered the coining chamber normally. The hammer die came down to strike the planchet and the off-center nickel stuck to the hammer die became a partial brockage. The obverse of the off-center nickel received a second strike from the obverse die while the reverse of the off-center nickel got smashed into the blank planchet in the collar. The previously struck details on the reverse of the off-center nickel were distorted by the blank planchet. The blank planchet also created a partial brockage in the reverse of the previously-struck off-center nickel. When the dies came together for this second strike the portion of the previously-struck off-center nickel between the hammer die and the blank planchet came under extreme pressure (because of a double thickness of metal between the dies) causing the metal to flow toward the edge further distorting the previously-struck reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>Somewhere out there is a cool partial brockage. It would be the coin that was struck in the collar when this off-center nickel was stuck to the hammer die. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that is the best explanation I can come up with. </p><p><br /></p><p>:sniper:&nbsp; Fire away!!&nbsp; :sniper:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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