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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 453379, member: 66&quot;]No, you have to understand the life cycle of a capped die.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin gets stuck to the hammer die, lets say its the obv die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first few coins struck from this newly capped die will be full brockage pieces with a normal reverse and an incuse reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>As the die continues striking coins the relief of the exposed reverse on the capped die is rapidly reduced and the image begins to spread.&nbsp; Coins struck now show a normal reverse and a very shallow, enlarged and distorted reverse image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Striking continues and the image on the rev of the die cap is now so flattened and spread that it may not be recognizable.&nbsp; The material covering the face of the die is now thin enough that the design of the obverse die is beginning to show through.&nbsp; Coins struck now will have a normal reverse the obv will show little or no evidence of the distorted reverse but will show a very faint image of the obv.</p><p><br /></p><p>Striking continues and the metal covering the die face grows thinner and thinner.&nbsp; Coins struck show a stronger and stronger image of a normal obv.&nbsp; Eventually the obv looks almost normal, but possibly like it was struck through a single layer of metal foil, which in effect is exactly what has happened.&nbsp; The metal of the cap has been pounded to foil.&nbsp; In some cases the &quot;foil&quot; over the face of the die will tear and pieces of it may fall away.&nbsp; In that case areas of the obv will look normal and others will show the strikethrough effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>In no case does the image of the obv as it shows through the cap appear enlarged.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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