Broadstruck Indented
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Broadstruck Errors
Texas Statehood Quarter Broadstruck - Large & uncentered.
Broadstruck - almost nickel sized.
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Gas bubbles trapped under the copper plating.
A broadstruck error occurs when a coin is struck without the collar to form the rim and edge that is part of the shape of the coin. Coins can be broadstruck on either type one or type two planchets.
Broadstrike/Broadstruck - A coin,showing all design details, struck without a firmly seated collar, resulting in "spreading" outwards.
Brockage - A mirror image of the design from one side of a coin impressed on the opposite side.
Broadstrike/Broadstruck - A coin struck without a firmly seated collar, resulting in "spreading" outwards, but still showing all design details.
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This collar keeps the metal from spreading out when the coin is struck If a coin blank is not properly seated in the collar, and it is struck, the result will be an odd size or broadstruck coin.
Early pre-decimals are very difficult to find broadstruck in any condition.
piece of metal being prepared for coinage before the rims have been raised by passing through the upsetting mill bourse A location where dealers buy and sell coins with each other and the public, such as at a coin show broadstrike/broadstruck ...
This was effected by limitations caused by Lawson's Reverse Die#1 being broadstruck with lots of stretched metal effecting the appearance of the coin and his Reverse Die#4 being struck on a planchet with a plating streaks that appear like a ...
When the collar is missing, it results in a type of error called a broadstrike. A broadstruck coin is generally a bit flatter and quite a bit bigger around than the regular non-error coin of the same denomination.
of the collar jamming or otherwise failing to enclose the planchet. If the collar becomes jammed within the press, a partial collar error can result in which some portion of the coin's edge is properly formed while another portion is broadstruck.
broadstrike/broadstruck Coin struck outside a restraining collar. A coin minting error.
 See also: Struck, Planchet, Coin, Mint, Strike
  
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