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hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 8:27 pm I was having a discussion with a friend of mine concerning the difference in the process that produces off-center strikes vs. misaligned dies. In the middle of the discussion he asks,"so,with misaligned dies,it will always be the obverse that is off-center,right?" After I thought about it I said that I thought that was true but I would check with you guys. His logic was,if one side is centered,it is in the die properly,hence the anvil die. The hammer die would be the misaligned one so it will always be the obverse that will show the misalignment. Now,of course,the assumption is that the anvil die is ALWAYS the coin reverse and the hammer die is ALWAYS the coin obverse. Is all of this correct?or did we miss something in our logic? Report this Post to the Staff

CaptainFwiffo Pillar of the Community United States 4132 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 8:34 pm Sometimes the obverse is the anvil, particularly on recent coins. I don't know the details of exactly when they switched over. Report this Post to the Staff
mikediamond Pillar of the Community United States 2737 Posts	Posted 10/12/2011 11:55 pm Most major horizontal misalignments involve the hammer die. This can be the obverse die or the reverse die, depending on the year. On rare occasions you do get a horizontal misalignment of the anvil die. Such coins are always broadstruck. It requires that the collar move sideway as well, or break apart, freeing the anvil die from its embrace. Error coin writer and researcher. Report this Post to the Staff
hockingzig Pillar of the Community United States 1450 Posts	Posted 10/13/2011 2:40 pm Thanks guys,especially Mike,for the broadstruck comment. That adds another dimension to looking for evidence of which dies were misaligned. I will point my friend to this thread. Report this Post to the Staff
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