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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1387978, member: 15445&quot;]<b>Very nice coin.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The minting process is explained in a few good books.&nbsp; You can probably find a copy of The Error Coin Encyclopedia by Margolis on the cheap.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are three dies that strike a modern US coin.&nbsp; They are the hammer die, anvil die, and collar die.&nbsp; Your coin is off center because it was not in the collar die when the hammer &amp; anvil struck it.&nbsp; The collar would normally restrain the planchet&#039;s position &amp; keep it centered during the strike.&nbsp; In the case of your coin, the collar was pushed out of the way (it is on springs) and your planchet was struck in an off center position.&nbsp; If your planchet was struck on center so that no obverse or reverse design was missing, then it would be called a broadstrike.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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