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Victoria 1842 Shilling spectacular semi-Brockage
Victoria (1837-1901), silver Shilling, 1842, a semi-brockage mistrike of reverse, young head left, legend VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITANNIAR: REG: F: D:, toothed border around rim both sides, mostly extinguished by the reverse brockage impression, rev. inverted die axis, ONE / SHILLING in two lines at centre of crowned laurel and oak wreath, date below, edge milling partially evident as the mistrike partially wrapped around the reverse die, weight 5.64g (Bull 2987; Davies 856; ESC 1288; S.3904). Attractively toned, extremely fine, likely as minted, a very unusual and spectacular brockage.
The Latin legends translates on obverse as "Victoria by the Grace of God, Queen of the Britons, Defender of the Faith."
The spectacular striking of a brockage occurs when the newly struck coin does not exit the minting machinery properly, and remains stuck to the die. By the time the coin die comes to strike the next coin with this piece stuck to it, another blank flan has entered the dies and the soon to be stuck brockage receives in this case a second impression of the reverse from the flan below, over its obverse side and a secondary strike of the reverse. Usually at this point the operator stops the machinery and unclogs the dies, with in this case the curio of such a brockage coin perhaps being kept for prosperity.




