IS THIS 1999 CENT DOUBLE STRUCK & BROADSTRUCK???

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

Is this doubling around Lincolns profile, and on the reverse inside near the pillars?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2220836587&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAB:US:6

rottnrog

I believe the coin was struck first in collar and then broadstruck on the second strike.

tlhoy

Well, after waiting 2 minutes for the page to load & then something pops up wanting me to download some stupid player I gave up on it!
Glenn

seanq

I only see evidence of one strike. If the first strike were normal you would see more evidence of it closer to the rim.

Often on broadstruck coins there will be a 'ghosting' effect around the letters, I believe it si caused by the metal flowing out from between the dies, that may be what you are mistaking for a second strike.


Sean Reynolds

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

Sean,
I see how it flows outward like on the obverse, but how does it flow inwards like on the reverse like inside of the memorial pillars?

rottnrog

Sean... Look at the rim, you can see the raised rim from the original strike. I have a cent like this one and a 1990 Half like it. I bought the half as a broadstrike, but a broadstrike with reeding???

rottnrog

Here is the half....

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

Great point, a broadstrike is out of collar. So if a coin is struck first in collar, and then broadstruck, it is still possible to see part of the first strike reeding. A neat way to tell a double strike broadstruck coin. right?

Sphinx357

<< <i>Well, after waiting 2 minutes for the page to load & then something pops up wanting me to download some stupid player I gave up on it!
Glenn >>

Probably because you don't have Macromedia Flash installed and that's what this person uses for their nice zoom and panable images.

rottnrog

<< <i>Great point, a broadstrike is out of collar. So if a coin is struck first in collar, and then broadstruck, it is still possible to see part of the first strike reeding. A neat way to tell a double strike broadstruck coin. right? >>





Yep, and if you look at the cent you posted you can see traces of the raised rim from the first strike.

LUCKOFTHEIRISH

Great point. I wonder how many of these coins get miss graded???

rottnrog

Quite a few really, I got that half cheap because it was being sold as a broadstrike, also I have a nickel and a few cents I picked up cheap as broadstrikes!!

Rampage

double strike and broadstrike

seanq

I would just expect to see more than the rim survive from the first strike. On the double-struck half above, you can see parts of the words 'HALF DOLLAR' by the rim on the reverse. I got the zoom feature to work on that auction image and I can't find any trace of the initial strike.

I will admit this isn't my area of expertise, and I'll defer to others with more experience in this sort of eror.


Sean Reynolds