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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom Maringer, post: 187918, member: 7033&quot;]A broadstrike is an uncollared strike... also sometimes called a &quot;splash&quot; strike. Some coins are designed and meant to be done that way... others occur that way only by accident. I&#039;m not completely sure about the &quot;partial forced in collar&quot; part. But I&#039;ll take an educated guess based on some experiences at the press. </p><p><br /></p><p>If the collar is a little too big for the die and the strike is a little heavier than it needs to be, metal can be forced into the narrow space between the lower die and the collar on one side... especially if the dies are not perfectly aligned. That flowing metal can actually lift the collar if it&#039;s not firmly bolted down and push it off the lower die, usually at an angle. The resulting strike then shows &quot;broadstruck&quot; on one side where the metal flowed out, and partly collared on the other where the collar was just hanging on. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a bad situation. If the press operator does not catch it quick, then in the next one or two strikes the angled collar can jam and either the collar could be broken or the dies clash or both. In the case of such a disaster, the press is stopped of course, and the error coins usually pulled out along with the trashed dies. But the very first coin that took place right as the collar was first coming loose may find its way down the struck chute and get mixed into the general press run. Since quota is the main thing most of the time, the press operator will be squatting bricks about getting his press running again, hoping he didn&#039;t damage his die fixtures, and probably not terribly worried about searching for that last coin that slipped through with a funky rim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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