1996-P Washington Quarter- Broad Strike?

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chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 4:02 pm Found this 1996P Washington quarter this afternoon roll searching . This a Broad Strike? Report this Post to the Staff

coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 4:10 pm Looks like it's about 10% off-center. Report this Post to the Staff
chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 4:24 pm Thanks Chuck! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 4:30 pm Is there any reeding on the rim? It may be a broad struck off center if there is no reeding on the rim. Edited by coop 11/05/2010 4:31 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 5:51 pm Coop: The edge is completely smooth, no reeding is showing, like it was completely worn away. Report this Post to the Staff
Dimma New Member Sweden 14 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 6:16 pm Then it is broad struck off center. Nice coin! Report this Post to the Staff
chuckster 125 Pillar of the Community United States 4113 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 6:25 pm Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
razorear Pillar of the Community United States 613 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 6:31 pm Great find. Report this Post to the Staff
pyrbob Rest in Peace United States 1943 Posts	Posted 11/05/2010 7:29 pm I think it is an off centered quarter. Broadstruck centered means struck out of collar (no reeding) and the strike is centered. An uncentered broadstrike is struck out of the collar and the strike is uncentered but the design is complete on the coin. Off centered is struck out of the collar with the strike off centered with some of the design missing. It looks to me like this coin has enough of the date on the obverse and the letters on the reverse missing to be an off center. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 11/06/2010 11:27 am Umm...actually...ALL off-center struck coins are also broadstruck by definition (struck out of collar). The difference in terminology is that an off-center is missing detail. A broadstruck coin has all the detail but is struck out of collar. The reverse die resides centered inside a well. The planchet falls into the well and is struck by the hammer (obverse) die. The expansion into the collar causes the rim. Thing is, the reverse (anvil) die is centered inside the collar. If the reverse is off-center on the coin, it could not have been struck inside the collar because it would have been forced into a centered position with relation to the hammer die. Report this Post to the Staff
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