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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 6467154, member: 66&quot;]No.&nbsp; On a MAD the coin is struck IN the collar but one or both dies are not aligned over the center of the opening.&nbsp; It is possible to have the anvil die centered and the hammer off, the hammer centered and the anvil off, or both dies off.&nbsp; And in the case of both dies off they can be off in the same direction or different directions.&nbsp; Since the anvil die actually sits within the collar the anvil die can never be misaligned by very much.&nbsp; The hammer die can be off by quite a bit, to the point where part of the design is off the edge of the coin.&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t happen too often because if the hammer die is that far off it is also smacking into the edge of the collar with each cycle of the press.</p><p><br /></p><p>An off-center has the dies properly aligned but the planchet is not properly centered between them.&nbsp; The planchet is off to one side.&nbsp; An off-center can happen with or without the collar being present.&nbsp; The key identifying feature of an off-center is that the designs on both side of the coin will be off by the same amount and in the same direction AND that part of the design will be off the edge of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is the broadstrike.&nbsp; In this case the collar is NOT present.&nbsp; A broadstrike can be a centered broadstrike where the planchet is evenly centered between the dies, or it can be an uncentered broadstrike where the planchet is off to one side but ALL of the design on both sides is present.&nbsp; If the planchet is far enough off that part of the design is missing, it becomes an off-center and not a broadstrike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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