Lincoln Cent - Wheat Reverse
Mirror Brockage on a Silver Dime Planchet
NGC MS 64
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Mirror brockages in the Lincoln Cent Wheat Reverse series are extremely rare with approximately ten known. This unique mint error is not only a mirror brockage of the Wheat Reverse design but was also struck on a Silver Dime planchet.

A mirror brockage mint error can only occur when there are two coins involved. One of the coins will always be a struck coin which has not ejected. That struck coin will remain between the dies and will be struck with the next planchet fed into the collar. The image of the first struck coin will be impressed into that side of the planchet. The result will be a second coin which has a mirror image of the first coin.

Recently, a 1943 Lincoln Cent obverse mirror brockage (PCGS MS 63) sold in a Stack's Bowers auction for a record price of $31,200 (lot # 4410). Photos courtesy of Joe Cronin, author of the popular error reference book, Mint Errors to Die For.

Another Lincoln Cent Wheat Reverse Mirror Brockage was featured on the cover of the Greysheet™ quarterly publication CAC® Rare Coin Market Review. It is an extremely rare 1944 Lincoln Cent with an obverse mirror brockage, designated AU 50 BN by CACG. This 1944 mint error was likely selected for the cover since Lincoln Cent Wheat Reverse errors are widely collected. Additionally, a Wheat Reverse type obverse mirror brockage dated 1944 is considered one of the important dates in the Lincoln Cent series for mint errors. This mint error combines rarity, popularity and history since it was struck during World War II.

Brockages are featured in my NLG Award winning book,
World's Greatest Mint Errors.