Brockage
A brockage occurs when a coin is struck and then sticks to usually the bottom die.
Then a new planchet is fed in and struck. The original coin that was stuck then acts as a
sort of die and leaves an incuse reverse image on the other side of the second coin.
Brockages can be found which are miss-aligned and partial. The most sought after type
are the "full" or "mirror" brockage, where the image is fully centred and a mirror of the
opposite side.
A brockage occurs when a coin is struck and then sticks to usually the bottom die.
Then a new planchet is fed in and struck. The original coin that was stuck then acts as a
sort of die and leaves an incuse reverse image on the other side of the second coin.
Brockages can be found which are miss-aligned and partial. The most sought after type
are the "full" or "mirror" brockage, where the image is fully centred and a mirror of the
opposite side.
Victoria "Bun Head" Penny Full Brockage
Ex. Hus Sulo Collection
Gothic Florin Reverse Full Brockage
Ex. Hus Sulo Collection
| Courtesy of collector "G", From An American Collection |
1878 Penny Reverse Full Brockage
