brockages

[Guest sirkipalot_I'm_a_Guest]

Can anybody tell me if there are any known figures of brockage yh pennies. Any realised prices.

thanks Rich

[Rob]

I'm not aware of any quantified rarity values for individual brockages, but given that they are only produced when the manufacturing process goes wrong, it follows that they are all at least rare. They crop up randomly in auctions and so the price doesn't have a reference book value. Typically they are not in the highest grade although these are occasionally found. For young head pennies, there were 3 obverse brockages in the Adams auction at Spink in July 2003. Freeman 2 obv. toned VF sold for £80, Freeman 6 obv. gEF with a little lustre sold for £260 and Freeman 2 obv. UNC with nearly full lustre sold for £620. All prices exclusive of buyer's premium. The last coin was exceptional due to the quality of strike and extreme rarity in that grade. In typical circulated grade, a reasonable rule of thumb is double the list price or maybe a bit more than that for a normal piece. Alternatively, realistically grade the brockage and value it at the price for a normal piece but one grade higher. Realistically grade specifically excludes typical ebay grading.