Posted 10/26/2009 5:52 pm
Taken off of http://www.bakercoins.net/learn/err...r/index.html
When two planchets lay on the anvil die and are both struck by the same die. The example on the right is called a Chain Strike Lincoln Cent. The odds against finding both sides of this Chain Strike are astronomical.
The number of people that collect Chain Strikes is very limited, mainly because of their rarity. But when one comes up on an auction, bidders come out of the woodwork to bid on one of these gems.
When two planchets lay on the anvil die and are both struck by the same die. The example on the right is called a Chain Strike Lincoln Cent. The odds against finding both sides of this Chain Strike are astronomical.
The number of people that collect Chain Strikes is very limited, mainly because of their rarity. But when one comes up on an auction, bidders come out of the woodwork to bid on one of these gems.
