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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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The reverse has a cupped rim and you can see the mirror image of the queen, the 'TIA' of 'GRATIA', and the 'REG' of 'REGINA' also in mirror.....but does the image of queen seems much larger than what would be expected for a brockage?   Edited by johnnysprawl
11/05/2016 02:05 am
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 United States
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Looks like a capped die error to me. John 1  |
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United States
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What's the difference between a capped die error and a brockage? I thought a capped die causes the brockage strike.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's a nice brockage, a cap depends on the depth of the brockage
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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United States
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We need Mike to rewrite the definitions in CCF's glossary. John 1 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
581 Posts |
Looks like a capped die! Nice!
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Canada
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Most definitely a brockage, from a mid stage capped die, so the metal is spreading out and the image is enlarging. I have a similar example (different effigy), but from an even later strike: http://www.PCGS.com/cert/28661579What is interesting is that your coin does not have the typical orange peel texture that you see with brockages... perhaps circulation smoothed it out? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Valued Member
United States
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Your coin is actually a later stage counter brockage. Much scarcer than a normal capped die error. Note the expanded image of the queen. Letters along the rim area have disappeared due to its later stage.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
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Isn't the image on a counter brockage raised? This one is incuse...
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Valued Member
United States
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Oh...sorry I thought your image was raised. Given that information, I agree that its struck through a die cap.
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Canada
10456 Posts |
A counterbrockage is not in mirror image - this coin is (Queen is facing left).
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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United States
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I get mixed up with canadian striking in that normally the "heads" side of US coins is the obverse, striking die as opposed to Canada where normally the "heads" side is the reverse die. Just have to remember that the dated side of canadian coins is the striking, obverse side. |
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Yup - heads is the anvil die and the reverse is the hammer die... Also, there are totally different types of presses than the US, so we never see saddle strikes and the nested clusters that you see with US coins. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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