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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1030723, member: 11521&quot;]Like I said, a coin struck in the collar is not a broadstrike. But if the planchet is in or partially in the collar and one or both dies strike the planchet off-center the resulting coin would be off-center but not a broadstrike. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Modern coins are struck inside a collar. The collar does a number of things: 1) it restrains the metal as the coin is struck 2) it makes the coins uniform in diameter 3) it helps to strike up the raised features of the coin 4) it imparts an edge design on the coin - smooth (cents and nickels), reeded (dimes, quarters, halves, large dollars), lettered (golden dollars) </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If the coin is struck without the collar the metal will continue spreading out making the coin larger in diameter than normal, distorting the features near the edges, leaving no edge design. These things describe a broadstrike. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You have to understand how coins are made to understand how errors occur. If all this sounds foreign to you do some Googling and study up on the minting process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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