Editor's note: This is one in a series of Coin World Collector Basics posts on numerous types of planchet errors.

Fragments, scrap struck

Small pieces of coinage metal — fragments and scrap left over from the blanking process — sometimes fall between the dies and are struck. Fragments must be struck on both sides and weigh less than 25 percent of a normal coin's weight to qualify as a struck fragment.

Planchet scrap is generally larger than a fragment, and usually has straight or curved edges as a result of the blanking process.

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