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Big Crack On 1954 Five Cent

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 Posted 07/27/2016  4:50 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add KoolKat to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Here`s one for the forum, a 1954 five cent, with a BIG CRACK", as well as extra metal on the devices"! What would this be properly called? Is it a die crack?, or lamination crack?, and would that be an "extra metal error? or a deteriorated die? Thanks!

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 Posted 07/28/2016  12:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Scissel to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Zoell called this phenomenon "mud patches". Coining dies were plated with chrome back then, and sometimes the plating would start to chip off, leaving raised irregular shaped areas (the appearance of "extra metal"). So it's a form of Die Deterioration, as you suspected.
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 Posted 07/28/2016  12:43 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add KoolKat to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
very interesting information, Thank you Scissel!
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