LINCOLN folks what is a OBVERSE BROCKAGE error?

Tonekiller

Thanks!

TBT

jbsteven

alrightythen

ahhh you edited it!

Tonekiller

To fast for you boyo!

kranky

A brockage is not unique to Lincolns. Occasionally, a newly-struck coin will stick to one of the dies. The next planchet to be struck will have a normal strike on one side, and a mirrored incuse strike on the other (the side where the previous coin stuck to the die). The brockage side has a mushy strike, which gets mushier if there are additional strikes with the coin stuck to one of the dies.

Tonekiller

Does it increase the coins value? common vs. rare?

TBT

shylock

Can't help with Lincoln cent values but a nice, early stage IH brockage is rare and sells accordingly. One of the coolest error images I've seen is a die cap -- the coin that stuck to the die -- that remained on the die for many strikes until falling off. It eventually took the shape of a bottlecap. Try slabbing this!


image courtesy of Fly-In Club President Chris Pilliod

mbbiker

shylock that is so cool

Cam40

That is a great die-cap IHC.What color is it.
I dont know how these value out at but I,m thinking the more dramatic the more value.
I found a `84 D with a slight die-cap error on the reverse.No idea of its collector value.
To me its worth a dollar at least.1
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shylock

The 1864 "counterbrockage" was the copper-nickel issue. It appeared on the cover of the Dec 2001 Longacre's Ledger and there were many other interesting images in the article. One of them shows it next to a normal IH cent -- it's about 50% larger with all that excess rim. One theory is the ejection mechanism of the press failed and it struck the same coin over and over again.

Cam40

Really.It must be more than one coin in that coin.
No sign of die-clash?Is it normal thickness front to back?
Is that something ledgable on the photo on the right aroung the rim?
Thats wild.

shylock

It's only one coin that was pounded thin and with very shallow relief as a result. It was fed into the press and landed on top of a previously struck coin which hadn't ejected. The flat side of the coin has the indian profile on it transferred from the original coin, though it's barely visable after the multiple strikes. However, you can clearly see the date, legend and denticles along the outside edge since the coin started to bend after the first strike. If you look at the image I posted on the right, you can see the incuse date on the bottom edge and the incuse UNITED on the top edge.

Byers

Here's a link to the UNIQUE Barber Half Brockage

PCGS Barber Half Obverse 100% Brockage UNIQUE


This coin is featured in my website, but has been sold.

Mike Byers