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Bedrock of the Community
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All suffer the same events. I've seen from 1-9 different die cracks on a coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I just don't have any images on my image host right now. (almost 4,000 images and not one other than cents.)
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Pillar of the Community
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Here is a 1799 Dollar with a major die crack:  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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That is a nice one! All the way across. SWEET!
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ohhh wow that is so nice! lucky
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Wouldn't that 1799 coin be best described as a broken die and not a die crack? John1  |
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Some time ago another CCF member had a similar example. I found this to compare.
I would ask, "Is a broken die the inevitable outcome of a cracked die being used until it breaks?"
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Bedrock of the Community
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It might be a Retained Cud. Note the miss alignment. Nice find. |
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Disclosure: I 'found' this 1799 example by searching auctions on the Internet and not by a purchase. BUT, it has clued me to notice striking anomalies on coinage. One good thing about Charlie Barber's design is that it had few problems. I did find a nice 1896-S dime with die chips:  Any comments Coop? |
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@AT214,nice you are learning more today,good to see. Looks like your really getting in to this.
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02/26/2015 9:47 pm
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@Silverworld11 I have been collecting coins for a few years, started when I realized I had a steel Wheat penny and when I realized it, it was too late and it was gone, was very very crushing. My uncle collects coins and he showed me his collection when I was younger and I thought it was fascinating but just thought you had to have a lot of money and time ( which is not plentiful with 3 children lol) but after the steel Wheat penny incident, no penny got spent until I made sure it wasn't a Wheat penny, it just recently expanded to the other coins but that started with the freaky looking 1972 quarter, which turned out to be nothing, sad. I tried finding help before but seemed like no one wanted to waste time with "the newbie know nothing". Then I happened to find ya'll awesome people. |
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The more you look at coins, the more they reveal to you. Studying helps, but a hands on touch helps more. On the 1799 I missed the Retained Cud the first time. I did note the weakness in the center on the retained area. But it did not help me until I looked a second time seeing the misalignment of the Retained Cud. Seeing a great die state of a coin helps you to appreciate the later die states. The difference is noting details. I can look at a normal cent and see nothing different, but on a coin you are not familiar with, it is harder to see the differences. I had to look several times at the 1896-S dime to see the difference.  But having an earlier die state it makes it easier. |
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@coop I know what you mean, I try to look at coins like mine for comparison, but not having the best scope or glass to look at them with and my good camera dying on me, it has been hard to see the details really good as I want to.
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