Multiple Strike
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Multiple Strikes Outside of the Collar Die
When the coining chamber is functioning properly, a planchet is fed into the collar die, and on top of the anvil die, awaiting the strike of the hammer die.
Multiple strike - A coin struck more than once as a result of not being properly ejected from the coining press.
Mutilated - A coin that has been damaged to the point where it no longer can be graded.
Multiple Strike - A coin that has been struck more than one time in a rotated fashion. This is not to be confused with a double die.
Obverse - The front side of a coin. Typically that is the side with the date and the portrait.
Multiple Strike
This is a coin that has been struck more than one time as the coin moved slightly. It is not the same as a double die.
Coin Collecting Terms beginning with the letter N
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This occurs when the coin has an additional image on one side from being struck again, off center. The coin will not be of a normal shape. Note: Also referred to as 'double exposure.'
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of articles by James Spilman in The Colonial Newsletter 4 (1961) 24-32; on the Z reverse 7 (1962) 52-55; on club ray fugios 18 (1967) 179-183; on the "New Haven restrikes" 24 (1968) 237-242 (also see Breen on this topic); rarity and multiple strikes ...
Multiple Strikes, Dropped Letters, Fold Strikes, Edge
Strikes, Indents, Laminated Planchets and Misaligned Dies,
just to name a few. These errors can be found even though the U.S. Mint ...
The eye appeal of the multiple strike error coin has made it one of the most sought after types. The more obvious the encroachment of the second and third strikes on the first strike, the greater the interest.
Technical collecting could center on mint errors (Brockages, multiple strikes etc.) or even coins showing a particularly interesting degree of silver crystallization or bronze patina.
Usually the multiple strikes occur exactly on top of each other and are not apparent, but occasionally one or both of the dies shifted slightly resulting in a clearly visible doubling of the image.
Below are a few of the types of error coins you can collect: Blank Planchets, Broadstrikes/partial collars, Capped Dies, Clips, Double/Triple/Multiple Strikes, Doubled/Tripled dies, Fragments, Major Die Breaks (Cuds), Off Centers, ...
Producing a high relief coin requires multiple strikes, to fully push the metal into the deepest recesses of the die. The best known High Relief coin is the MCMVII St-Gaudens $20 double eagle, made in 1907.
The designing of a DIE so as to create a deep, concave field upon the surface of a coin for maximum contrast with the DEVICES. It requires the use of increased pressure in STRIKING or sometime multiple strikes to attain the desired effect.
this coin double struck, can be seen at three points on the reverse, below the existing arrowheads, just after the second C in the mintmark, and again above the F in FIVE. Careful examination of the coin reveals no other traces of multiple strike.
coins "E PLURIBUS UNUM" mule A coin struck from two dies not intended to be used together multiple strike A coin struck more than once as a result of not being properly ejected from the coining press ...
 See also: Strike, Struck, Coin, Striking, Planchet
  
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