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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tammiGee, post: 3274144, member: 98133&quot;]That gold I showed as an example used to belong to Mr. Wientberg and here&#039;s how he explained the event</p><p><br /></p><p>That 1874 Gold Dollar Full Brockage is real.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was my coin, until I sold it about 10 years</p><p>ago. It&#039;s the only full blockage US gold coin</p><p>I&#039;m aware of.</p><p><br /></p><p>This piece was the second in the process --</p><p><br /></p><p>A normal coin was struck, and instead of being</p><p>ejected as normal, it stuck to the upper (hammer)</p><p>Die. The next gold planchet was fed into the</p><p>collar, and the dies came down together.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, the obverse die had the first coin on</p><p>it, and when it came down to strike the 2nd coin,</p><p>the reverse of the 1st coin became the &#039;die face&#039;,</p><p>impressing the design into the 2nd planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, the 2nd planchet received a normal</p><p>reverse strike, and the brockage/reverse image</p><p>of the reverse from the 1st coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not necessarily a rare event, but certainly rare</p><p>on higher denominations (halves, dollars), and</p><p>exceeding rare on gold coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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