Hi folks, Haven't done a tutorial here in a while, so here is one about die caps. As their name suggests, these error coins act as caps on a die. This particular example is a double struck reverse die cap. Likely, it was struck once by the die and then became stuck on the reverse die. This means that the opposite side of the coin essentially becomes the new die and strikes new coins...those coins that are struck are known as Struck through die caps. Because the new coins are struck by a die and the opposite side of a die cap, very early examples of struck through die caps will display the same image on both sides. 2000 Double struck reverse die cap: 1990 struck through die cap: Links to first strike/full brockages: http://www.coinsgb.com/sitebuilder/...enny_REVERSE_American_Collector_G-643x317.jpg http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=zu5khu&s=4 http://hermes.csd.net/~coneca/image/GBYoungHead1cBrockageWtBg.jpg
