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I was going back over my 83 cents, and I was amazed to see how many die cracks are on this cent. All the way from the D in UNITED.. One on each side of he bottom corners of the memorial, that stretch all along the bottom. One from the E in ONE to the C in CENT and one between R & I in AMERICA I'm sure there are more, I will try for better pics tonight. Image:  83diecracks.jpg43.13 KB Here is the Obverse, Notice that the "Y" in Liberty is very thin, but the rest of the word is normal. Die wear? Image: 83thiny2.jpg75.3 KB Edited by madzdad71
06/18/2008 7:37 pm
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United States
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i think 83 are well known to be die crackers. I have 1 with 5 cracks on it - one at each corner of the memorial and one in the top-middle area. I would think that multiples like mine and yours are nice collection items though.
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Valued Member
United States
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is that a die break in the lower right of the memorial?
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... this post was supposed to be in another thread ...
Edited by seattleMD
06/17/2008 1:34 pm
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Seattle,
Yeah, the break goes from the right rim to about the middle of the memorial, it gets thicket as it goes, same for the left side. I hope that they tossed that Die!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice coin! I think I see a crack leading from the right cornice of the Memorial to the rim. For some reason, '83 was very prevalent for reverse cracks--or I just notice it when I look for the 83 DDR. |
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I think a lot of it has to do with the fact we are examining the 83 so often for DDRs :)
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I need to post a pic of the Obverse, the Y in liberty is almost as thin as a hair. The rest of Liberty looks normal. It rather odd.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The Y could be thin due to a die clash that was polished out, leaving less relief in that area.
This is prevalent on some years such as the 70-S small date, where the die is sometimes polished down so far as to remove half the L mintmark.
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Posted 06/16/2008 10:39 pm
