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That is crazy, even check out the weakness on the bottom of the wreath!
Interesting. I can't wait to see the obverse. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't usually go for cracks, but I really like this coin.  So I'm guessing the only reason this die held together that long was because it was the anvil w/ a collar around it?  |
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Seller's pic of obverse.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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the reverse of these copper nickel cents is often found misaligned, so I think the reverse die was the hammer die. Do I have the logic of that right?
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That's amazing. Cracks all over the place on that coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I recall that for FE cents, the hammer die was the reverse--but I thought that was switched for IHCs? |
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Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
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good sleuthing 52Raymo - that coin is from the same die! And a bit overpriced at $85 in that condition cleaned.
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On FE cents, the anvil die was the obverse, but when IHC were minted the hammer die became the obverse which I believe is more typical of most coins. I believe I read this on the Heritage auction site where they were quoting Snow. I cannot find the article now. I believe the reasoning for making the obverse the anvil die on FE was to increase striking pressure on the obverse in an attempt to correct some of the striking issues that plagued the FE cents. |
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Man, I love coins struck from terminal dies and this one qualifies big time. Nice pick! |
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Beatlybailey, I believe the FE and copper-nickel cents were struck similarly, then they reversed the hammer/anvil dies when the composition was switched to bronze in 1864.
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Robbudo, I am not going to disagree with you because what you are saying makes a lot of sense-that they did not reverse the dies until the metal composition was changed on the IHC. However, I am pretty sure the article stated that the switch was made in 1859. Its not a big deal but it bugs the heck out of me when I know I read something but can't locate the article. |
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Do you guys think the obverse die might have been swapped out after a major clashing incident and the reverse left in for a while? I have always thoguht that die clashes cause these types of die breaks.
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Very cool cracked coin! I love these types of varieties/errors.
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