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A Discussion of No Date Partial Brockage Error Indian Cent – Collectible Coin

Here’s a cute little Indian Cent that I’m gonna guess even some error collectors are going to have a look and say “Hmmmm… how did that happen?”

Well in the case of this error only one scenario explains how this brockage error coin was made.

Just immediately prior to this normal planchet being fed into the striking chamber a small fragment somehow miraculously found its way into the die chamber and was struck. What do we know about the fragment? Not much. The fragment was soft, probably regular bronze, and probably originally from a cent planchet strip and as such of normal thickness. It was approximately the same size as the shield and just so fortuitously landed on the shield of the reverse die situated in the anvil position (the shield of the reverse die was likely positioned closest to the incoming feeder fingers).

Rather than being ejected the fragment stuck to the hammer die (obverse), possibly from the extreme pressure it experienced. The next piece in was a normal planchet (this coin) and was struck as a partial brockage by the fragment. The shield on the reverse is directly opposite the date on the obverse and created a handsome No-Date Partial Brockage error.

We know it was normal thickness as thin fragments leave very weak images, and this one produced a full sharp image. As can be seen in the closeup it shows a lot of distortion indicative of a softer coining metal rather than steel or some other foreign material.

So what does the reverse look like? Being a brockage error coin, the reverse looks normal.

Coin Grade… Choice Original XF45.

Value at Present-Day Auction… $800 – $1,200

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