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honeywah

Please explain the differance between a capped die and a struck through late capped die. Thanks in advance.

cladking

A capped die is the coin which is wrapped around the upper die or the condition of
having a coin wrapped aroungd the die. These will start out acting just like a die
and impart a reverse image of the lower die to the next coin to be struck as the coin
continues to strike more coins it gets larger and larger and wraps around the die. It
also gets prorgessively thinner until the detail of the upper die begins to appear on
struck coins.

errormaven

<< <i>Please explain the differance between a capped die and a struck through late capped die. Thanks in advance. >>



A "die cap" is a coin that adheres to the die face (usually the hammer die) and begins to wrap around the die neck. It eventually assumes a thimble shape.

A "capped die" is the die together with its cap. Many collectors and dealers mistakenly use the term "capped die" when referring to a "die cap".

A "capped die strike" is a coin struck through a die cap. A coin struck through a "late stage die cap" will show only a blurry image of normal raised design. That's because the floor of the die cap is so thin by this point and any design originally present on the reverse of the cap has been obliterated by numerous strikes.

An early capped die strike can show a brockage image (incuse mirror image design), a counterbrockage (raised, spread out design that runs off the edge), no design (if it's a uniface die cap), or something more complex.

Ideally, if the capped die strike shows a brockage or a counterbrockage, then it is referred to AS a brockage or a counterbrockage. If just the raised "ghost" image is present, then the non-specific term "capped die strike" is used.