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Definition of brockage?
1868LargeCent
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I was looking at the dictionary, and I found the word "brockage". It doesn't mean quite what we think of it as. The word "brockage" means "a coin with a minting defect" and is derived from a Middle English word meaning "scrap or refuse". So I wonder how it came to be used only for the mirror-image error created by a capped die strike? Anyone with a knowledge of numismatic etymology to clear this up?
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under that definition, which i looked up also, which states "a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting" seems to have a few words with some rather large gapes to their implications.
1. defect/fault being synonymous and 1 word for my context
2. imposed - one can have a lot of fun with this one.
3. minting - does this mean creating of the flans all the way up to and including striking and shipping? where is the official beiginning and end to this minting?
seems that most if not all mint errors would fall under that definition which is one of the simplest i've ever seen and there wasn't any other context cited for the word. very odd
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<< <i>very odd. >>
Indeed.
~ Steven Wright
Srsly, tho', it's interesting (but not terribly surprising) that the dictionary would apply a less specific connotation to "brockage" than numismatists do.
Like you, I'd like to hear the etymology. Such things interest me. I guess I'm geeky enough, huh.
Since the word has Middle English roots, you might pose the same question on the Darkside. Perhaps some collectors of medieval coins will have an idea of how the term evolved.
<< <i>Here's a cool, assisted, and overpriced brockage. >>
That's just a multi struck die cap with a fully obliterated reverse.
Below is a photo of a full brockage created by a capped die.
Here's a definition of what a Brockage is =
A brockage error can only occur when there are two coins involved. One of the coins involved will always be a struck coin which has not ejected properly. That struck coin will find its way back between the dies and will be struck next to a blank planchet which was fed into the collar. The image of that first struck coin will be impressed into that side of the blank planchet. The result will be a second coin which has images of the first coin impressed into it. Those images will be pressed into the coin and the image will be in reverse. This incuse sunken image is known as a brockage.
1868LargeCent, Prior to purchasing any other errors try to find and read a copy of the book "The Error Coin Encyclopedia" by Arnold Margolis & Fred Weinberg.
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Ricko, when you're a hotel night auditor and desk clerk, ALL drunk encounters are misfortunes. And in my experience so far, the women are worse than the men. Which is saying something.
The coin Broadstruck posted is ubercool, but how can one tell if it is a latter-date Seated dime, or a Barber?
<< <i>Excellant question - looking forward to an answer.
<< <i>A brockage error can only occur when there are two coins involved. One of the coins involved will always be a struck coin which has not ejected properly. That struck coin will find its way back between the dies and will be struck next to a blank planchet which was fed into the collar. The image of that first struck coin will be impressed into that side of the blank planchet. The result will be a second coin which has images of the first coin impressed into it. Those images will be pressed into the coin and the image will be in reverse. This incuse sunken image is known as a brockage. >>
this is the numismatic answer i am familiar with. i just didn't comment on it because the official dictionary descript. didn't even cover it. i don't know how the dictionary(ies) are officially updated and how they determine to include/exclude words as applied to specialized areas that are (homonyms?), kinda like multi-use acronyms depending on "field."
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I meant, looking forward to hearing how the meaning went from a defect or fault imposed on a coin during its minting to the very specific meaning we give it today.
<< <i>The coin Broadstruck posted is ubercool, but how can one tell if it is a latter-date Seated dime, or a Barber? >>
I no longer own this one but the date was clearly identifiable as due to the mint mark it was 1903-O/O variety.