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Mirror brockage coins
BaronVonBaugh
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Gold $1?
So, is this $1, $2 or $0? Since one side has dollar spelled backwards does that cancel out the normal dollar on the other side?
Anyway, I find mirror brockage coins very interesting! Anybody have one or several to share?
So, is this $1, $2 or $0? Since one side has dollar spelled backwards does that cancel out the normal dollar on the other side?
Anyway, I find mirror brockage coins very interesting! Anybody have one or several to share?
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It has been for sale for a while.
Lance.
<< <i>This is not mine but it is one of the coolest I've ever seen. I had custody for a few days.
Lance.
WOW!
Hoard the keys.
happy to see these that made it out versus back in the melting pot
note to self...
must include a specimen in my collection too
Here is one of my favorites ... Octavian looking at himself in the mirror ... brockage.
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
<< <i>I vote $1.50
Very neat coin! Looks like a crisp clear mirror brockage.
back in the late '70-'s, sold it to a good customer,
bought it back and kept it in my 'accumulation' till
I sold it to Mike Byers about 8-9 years ago....
A great coin - full, first strike brockage US gold coins
are extremely rare.
This nickel is really nice!
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A marvelous error.
Notice how the incuse impression shows weak details in the center, while the normal obverse shows a strong center. That is because the original normal strike was weak, and so the image driven into the back of this coin was missing detail. However, the double thickness during the brockage strike drove the planchet deeply into the obverse die.
Based on the weakness of the original impression, I would guess that the coin was struck in San Francisco, but that is just a guess.
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Very neat coin! Looks like a crisp clear mirror brockage. >>
On the obverse it's dated 1969-D and die struck equally off center as the brockage side. I loved this coin but sold it to someone who had been looking for a Roosevelt off center brockage for quite a while.
Lance.
(1827 JR-1)
http://rob.com/russ/collection/
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A marvelous error.
Notice how the incuse impression shows weak details in the center, while the normal obverse shows a strong center. That is because the original normal strike was weak, and so the image driven into the back of this coin was missing detail. However, the double thickness during the brockage strike drove the planchet deeply into the obverse die. >>
Great observation, and I totally agree with your assessment! I had never noticed that on the coin in the past.
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<< <i>That half dime is amazing! >>
Yeah ... almost like it was the result of Photoshop fun and not a brockage!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
<< <i>Yeah ... almost like it was the result of Photoshop fun and not a brockage! >>
One interesting bit is that the mirror image isn't quite a mirror image. It's very slightly expanded. Short of doing an overlay in Photoshop, you can see that most clearly by looking at the thickness of the rims. Both pictures were taken at the same time, with exactly the same scaling.
<< <i>Earlier thread on the half dime (wow... five years ago...) for those who missed it the first time
<< <i>Yeah ... almost like it was the result of Photoshop fun and not a brockage! >>
One interesting bit is that the mirror image isn't quite a mirror image. It's very slightly expanded. Short of doing an overlay in Photoshop, you can see that most clearly by looking at the thickness of the rims. Both pictures were taken at the same time, with exactly the same scaling. >>
Of course, that is correct. The closest you would get to a 1:1 is with a first strike brockage. The more the "coin" serves as the die, the larger the spread in the design. This is really evident with counter-brockages where the images are really expanded!
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Here is the 1832 obverse brockage half dime from the Russ Logan collection mentioned in the linked thread:
Lance
Those Busties are great!
BHNC #203