Strange Straight Line Die Break ? 1936 1 Cent

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TaeKenDo Pillar of the Community Canada 737 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 09:11 am Has anyone ever seen such a straight diebreak or are my eyes fooling me... Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 09:15 am My first thought is not a die crack but a die dent or gouge. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
TaeKenDo Pillar of the Community Canada 737 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 09:43 am Yes but it looks raised... Report this Post to the Staff
Atlas642 Pillar of the Community United States 562 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 09:54 am A die dent or gouge would look raised on the coin. My first impression is Feeder Finger Damage on the die but an expert would be able to take a better look. Report this Post to the Staff
TaeKenDo Pillar of the Community Canada 737 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 10:17 am That's right John1, I misunderstood the (Die) dent/gouge you were referring to. Atlas put me straight, haha. Yeah, and if I'm not mistaken, I've seen this on more than one on ebay recently. Report this Post to the Staff
SPP-Ottawa Moderator Canada 10464 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 11:33 am Looks like a lamination between the rim and the 'straight line' we are seeing, which gives the illusion of something being raised... "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert Oppenheimer Content of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_US My eBay store Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 06/04/2015 11:45 am The edges look to straight for a lamination to me. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
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