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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 367982, member: 11521&quot;]Capped die errors are COOL! These anomolies are created when a planchet sticks to a die and continue to be pounded into planchets as those planchets enter the coining chamber. The capped die error will be blank on the face that strikes the (blank) planchets and will receive a strong strike on the face facing the die. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>With every strike the metal being squeezed between the hammer die and the other planchet gets thinner and thinner and the metal starts to move around the die - capping it. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Planchets that are struck by a capped die are indistinct on the side struck by the capped die and have a strong strike on the other side. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From <i>US Minting Errors and Varieties</i> by James Wiles:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here is a pic of another Canadian Capped Die Cent. Both Capped Die Errors are from the side with the date and maple leaf. Is that the hammer die for Canadian cents?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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