PetesPockets55
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- Apr 18, 2013
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Errors can be very difficult sometimes.
A couple of nights ago I was looking through another handful of LM cents from bag #4, of 5, I got in July of 2018 from the local coin shop. ( I know, slow as molasses on the search!)
The first one across my loupe was this beautiful No Date LM cent. I have never come across one before, so I was stoked and thought it was a Struck through a late-stage die cap after looking at error-ref.com. The strong LIBERTY that was out of position on the obverse threw me off. ( But it is what makes this a counter brockage)
I usually try to post interesting finds on multiple sites at the same time because we all love our Lincolns. I started with CCF for this one. One member PM'd error expert Mike Diamond for clarification and this was his reply:
" This is a counterbrockage from either (1) a rotated and shifted obverse die cap, (2) an off-center cent with a brockage of the obverse design on its reverse face that was converted into a die cap on the next strike, or (3) a cent with an off-center brockage that was converted into a die cap. In any case, it's an unusual counterbrockage."
Scenarios 1,2 or 3 above occurred to the die cap that struck the planchet a single time.
I was having trouble remembering/ understanding what a counter brockage was until I associated it with what happens with a counter clash.
Another collector also mentioned this reverse design was used 1974 -1982.
Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
A couple of nights ago I was looking through another handful of LM cents from bag #4, of 5, I got in July of 2018 from the local coin shop. ( I know, slow as molasses on the search!)
The first one across my loupe was this beautiful No Date LM cent. I have never come across one before, so I was stoked and thought it was a Struck through a late-stage die cap after looking at error-ref.com. The strong LIBERTY that was out of position on the obverse threw me off. ( But it is what makes this a counter brockage)
I usually try to post interesting finds on multiple sites at the same time because we all love our Lincolns. I started with CCF for this one. One member PM'd error expert Mike Diamond for clarification and this was his reply:
" This is a counterbrockage from either (1) a rotated and shifted obverse die cap, (2) an off-center cent with a brockage of the obverse design on its reverse face that was converted into a die cap on the next strike, or (3) a cent with an off-center brockage that was converted into a die cap. In any case, it's an unusual counterbrockage."
Scenarios 1,2 or 3 above occurred to the die cap that struck the planchet a single time.
I was having trouble remembering/ understanding what a counter brockage was until I associated it with what happens with a counter clash.
Another collector also mentioned this reverse design was used 1974 -1982.
Thanks for looking and hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
