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Wild Bill Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 12:52 pm I found this today, and from what I have learned this week, this is not "MAD" or an "off-strike".....so what could this be ? I can see, maybe, some kind of broadstrike on the reverse, maybe ? What do you think ? Report this Post to the Staff

Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 1:24 pm Actually, it does look slightly off-center cutting into the beads on the reverse. If it were misaligned, it would only be on one side. However, the anomaly running through 1 CENT on the reverse, I'm not sure of. Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 1:29 pm Interesting--definitely looks struck that way. I suspect it has something to do with the collar, but I'll wait for the experts on this. Report this Post to the Staff
Wild Bill Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 1:31 pm What would create the difference in thickness from top to bottom of the coin ? Report this Post to the Staff
Wild Bill Pillar of the Community United States 744 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 1:37 pm Could a planchet be distorted...... then struck...... with the next planchet being fed into position to get struck, be broadstruck....creating the damage on the first coin, creating a broadstrike on the second coin.....maybe Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 5:33 pm I wish I could say more with certainty. Here's a cent I have, which has been described as an "off-center broadstrike". It varies in thickness too. Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 5:52 pm They do look similar. What about the 1 CENT area? Struck-through? Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/02/2011 6:03 pm Yeah...I wondered if it was struck-through, or some of the planchet delaminated after the strike? Report this Post to the Staff
deerhunter2 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 9:33 pm Must be PMD as it effects the fields as well as the legend.......a counting machine is the most likely cause. Report this Post to the Staff
Meldude Valued Member Canada 162 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 9:43 pm The 1 cent area is Struck Through Grease? Report this Post to the Staff
deerhunter2 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 9:51 pm Too symetrical to be a strike through in my opinion....please look at the trace just below denticles....same as through legend....is mechanical to me...... Report this Post to the Staff
rodime Valued Member Canada 276 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 10:04 pm @Deerhunter2: Basement job, then? Report this Post to the Staff
deerhunter2 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 10:17 pm no counting machine smear Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/04/2011 10:29 pm If the coin has machine damage, here's something I don't understand. The coin has that expanded rim near 12:00, with that extra lip. If a machine did that post-strike, it would have to flatten the coin. But, isn't the rim thicker on that side? If the two dies came together out of alignment, with the dies further apart at the top than the bottom, metal would flow towards the top of the coin, and the bottom edge wouldn't be struck-up as well. Just a guess based on what I'm seeing. I bet Mike Diamond could tell us what happened. Report this Post to the Staff
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