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<p>[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 1508455, member: 11521"]That's a cool coin. It helps to understand how it came to be. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin was struck normally (Strike #1) and ejected from the coining chamber. Then a blank planchet entered the coining chamber but your coin remained partially in the coining chamber over the blank planchet. When the obverse die struck the next coin (Strike #2) it made a second strike on the part of your coin that was still in the coining chamber. The obverse die struck the obverse of your coin but the reverse of your coin was struck by the blank planchet. So the reverse die did not strike that portion of your coin because the blank planchet was between your coin and the reverse die. A partial brockage was the result. The reverse of your coin was distorted by the blank planchet in the collar. And your coin also left a reverse image on the coin in the collar (also a partial brockage).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hobo, post: 1508455, member: 11521"]That's a cool coin. It helps to understand how it came to be. Your coin was struck normally (Strike #1) and ejected from the coining chamber. Then a blank planchet entered the coining chamber but your coin remained partially in the coining chamber over the blank planchet. When the obverse die struck the next coin (Strike #2) it made a second strike on the part of your coin that was still in the coining chamber. The obverse die struck the obverse of your coin but the reverse of your coin was struck by the blank planchet. So the reverse die did not strike that portion of your coin because the blank planchet was between your coin and the reverse die. A partial brockage was the result. The reverse of your coin was distorted by the blank planchet in the collar. And your coin also left a reverse image on the coin in the collar (also a partial brockage).[/QUOTE]
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