West Jersey Detecting
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I got this coin, a 1917 Wheatie, in pocket change a few weeks back. It struck me as odd that the coin was not worn evenly.
I was reexamining the coin tonight. When the reflection caught the penny the right way, I noticed a mirror image of Lincoln's bust on the reverse of the coin!!! My first counterbrockage error!
According to http://Coinfacts.com a counterbrockage error involves a capped die and a previously struck coin. When a capped die strikes a previously struck coin, the obverse design from that struck coin will be impressed into the cap. The result will be a design where the cap face will be an incuse brockage. When a new blank is struck by this capped die with an incuse brockage image, the obverse will have a raised and spread image from that incuse design of the cap. This brockage impression is known as a counterbrockage.
According to Byers Numismatic Corp, A counterbrockage is a brockage from a brockage and is a very rare Mint Error. Can someone help with a positive ID?
I was reexamining the coin tonight. When the reflection caught the penny the right way, I noticed a mirror image of Lincoln's bust on the reverse of the coin!!! My first counterbrockage error!
According to http://Coinfacts.com a counterbrockage error involves a capped die and a previously struck coin. When a capped die strikes a previously struck coin, the obverse design from that struck coin will be impressed into the cap. The result will be a design where the cap face will be an incuse brockage. When a new blank is struck by this capped die with an incuse brockage image, the obverse will have a raised and spread image from that incuse design of the cap. This brockage impression is known as a counterbrockage.
According to Byers Numismatic Corp, A counterbrockage is a brockage from a brockage and is a very rare Mint Error. Can someone help with a positive ID?
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