NGC 3CN 1866 Three Cent Nickel Mirror Brockage & Broadstruck VF35

1866 3CN Three Cent Nickel Mirror Brockage & Broadstruck NGC VF35

UPC:
Year:: 1866
certification:: NGC
finish:: Business Strike
classification:: Error
Circulated/Uncirculated:: Circulated
Grade:: VF35
Denomination:: 3c

NGC 1866 three cent nickel with a mirror brockage of the obverse on the coin's reverse. The brockage is strong, with about 95% of the design sharp and clear, and just a hint of fading on a few letters and dentils. Also, the coin is broadstruck, with a moderate expansion in size.

A beautiful example, and a "2 headed" three cent nickel, and rare.

Brockages like this occur when a coin is struck, sticks to the obverse die, a 2nd planchet is fed into the striking chamber and is struck. The coin stuck to the obverse die is pressed into the 2nd planchet during the strike, creating a perfect brockage of the reverse design into the planchet's obverse side. The result is a coin with 2 reverses--one "normal" and the other with this mirror brockage.

NGC VF35

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$2,500.00