Metal Flow

Benji, no only the letters in the photos. all the other letters are there intact but some distorted.

This is confusing the heck out me.

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I just rechecked the cent, it does have the same flow lines, it is that the lighting on the photo does not show it.

Can we get a photo of the entire reverse of the coin. It is sometimes easier to pinpoint some things when I can see the area in the context of the entire coin.

Thanks,
Bil

greyhav,
broadstruck means that a coin was struck out of collar. If you are not completely familiar with the minting process, here is a primer- a planchet is struck between two dies. Normally, the blank is held in place by a collar(think plate of metal with a round hole for simplicities sake). This collar is responsible for determining the diameter of a coin and forming the reeds on reeded edge coins. When a collar is not in place, the coin spreads past its intended diameter and becomes distorted at the edges and the details will sometimes be weak as well. See the ebay link provided for an example of a SBA broadstrike-http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...WNASIF:US:12

Thanks. That's cool.