INDENTED STRIKE
A coin which was struck such as our Example to the Left is known as an INDENTED STRIKE. It is a coin that was struck with PART of an UNSTRUCK planchet between it and one of the dies, it shows on the struck coin as a Irregularly rounded and shallow depression in part of the coin sloping up to the level of the rest of the face. The opposite side of the coin will usually receive a very strong strike which will cause the area on the opposite side of where the planchet was struck to be very distorted. Usually parts of the logo will be missing.