Found a cool Brockage error in change.

oldcameoproofsguy

This 1997-P dime shows a Brockage of another dime that was flipped around 180 degrees and not ejected from the dies. This coin looks to have been double struck, once normally then once with a previously struck dime leaving the Brockage. A mirror image of the remains of the "RTY" in LIBERTY can be seen in the fields in front of Roosevelts chin. A mirror image of Roosevelt's hair can be seen smashing part of the date.

The cool thing is that I never would have known what I was looking at if it hadn't been for education I have received from these forums.

airplanenut

That is awesome! Is there anything interesting on the reverse?

oldcameoproofsguy

The reverse is not as interesting as the obverse. It looks as though it may have been struck against a blank plachet, however, leaving a lot of the detail flattened. If so there is a coin floating around somewhere with a really strong Brockage.

mbbiker

Very cool error!! to bad it's not worth anything because it's not a full bands

nwcs

Very cool! Great find. My best error find to date is a very obvious clashed die roosevelt and cent.

rwhite

wow.. that has to be one of the coolest "change" finds in a while!

ursabear

Marvelous error! That's a major find, IMO.

I second the "but for learning on this forum" statement!

However, I really wish that I was not the one to break this news to you... I don't think it will make FT or FB

Dog97

oldcameoproofsguy what you have found in your pocket is not a genuine mint error but rather a common fake error refered to as a vice or sandwich job.
It was made by the same basic process but by squeezing 2 coins together in a vice or by similiar means rather than between 2 dies at the Mint, which would cause spreading of the planchet and possible splitting from the high pressure of the strike.

oldcameoproofsguy

Darn Dog,

I'll bet your right.
I guess that would explain the smashed looking reverse.

Oh well, It looks like I got all worked up over nothing. It's kind of dumb to try and make one of these. I figured even if it was a genuine mint error, it was probably worth only its weight in copper at best. A more pronounced Brock would be worth considerably more I imagine.