Need Assist With This Brockage Cent

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CherreePicker Valued Member 440 Posts	Posted 03/08/2014 4:38 pm I understand how the brockage occurs. Trying to figure out what mirror image of the reverse is in the obverse brockage portion. Is this a stretched out mirror image of the "N & T" from the reverse? I'm assuming details of the coin can be stretched due to the impact of the strike. Thanks for the help. Here are the pics: [IMG}http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/...03bc9615.jpg[/IMG] [img]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/boblenaere/3fa55928-7506-4721-a789-526e474c1acc.jpg[/IMG] Report this Post to the Staff

CherreePicker Valued Member 440 Posts	Posted 03/08/2014 4:41 pm Opps. Report this Post to the Staff
j-win Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 03/08/2014 5:55 pm Yup, that's "N" and the bottom part of "T" Report this Post to the Staff
CherreePicker Valued Member 440 Posts	Posted 03/08/2014 5:59 pm Thanks that's what I thought but I'm new with these. Report this Post to the Staff
Dasaki Pillar of the Community United States 500 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 01:57 am IMO, the coin pictures looks more like a vise coin than an error. Report this Post to the Staff
CherreePicker Valued Member 440 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 07:20 am Slabbed by PCGS as a 25% Obverse Brockage MS-63 RB so I seriously doubt it is a "vise coin". Report this Post to the Staff
DrDon Pillar of the Community United States 2624 Posts	Posted 03/09/2014 10:21 am Quote: Dasalo:IMO, the coin pictures looks more like a vise coin than an error. There is no damage on the reverse. A "vise job" done with enough force to mimic this obverse would trash the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 7:50 pm That is a partial brockage. A planchet was fed into the coining chamber and then a previously struck cent got in the way partially overlapping the planchet. When it was struck the ENT was impressed into the planchet in the area indented by the previous coin. The rest of the coin struck up normally. The elongation is because as the strike occurs the overlapping coin gets squeezed outward as the compression starts near the center and continues toward the outer edge. Report this Post to the Staff
Zimmy Valued Member United States 460 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 8:04 pm It does seem a little bit odd that there is so much distance between the top of the lettering to the rim within the brockage area. Is this normal metal flow or could it be struck through a broad struck coin? The letters seem elongated as well. Edited by Zimmy 03/10/2014 8:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
CherreePicker Valued Member 440 Posts	Posted 03/10/2014 10:32 pm "The elongation is because as the strike occurs the overlapping coin gets squeezed outward as the compression starts near the center and continues toward the outer edge." Thanks Conder101 that makes sense. And yes it is a 25% partial brockage; forgot to put that in the message body. Report this Post to the Staff
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