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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Awesome pair!
FL444e from the Zoell 3rd Edition
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Valued Member
Canada
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Very nice finds. Never seen this except for Zoell's pictures. Quote:
You gotta love 1943 if you like die cracks! I agree, I think it's the best year for all varieties. |
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Canada
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Great to see these 2..
Would the collar have kept all in place for a while longer..?
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Edited by DEVLEC
05/24/2015 09:55 am
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New Member
Canada
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Was browsing through my collection & noticed I had a coin that is very similar...   Can anyone offer more details about this variety? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
2408 Posts |
That's a great little find.
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Pillar of the Community
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Hey there srgtommy...This error is listed as FL444e from the Zoell 3rd Edition
Nice find by the way. I also found a 3rd one that is earlier in the progression.
Edit: a word
Edited by robmck1967
08/18/2022 9:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I think I posted one of these a while back, I'll see if I can get some pictures when I get home. Edit: mines a 42. This is the original pic I posted, you can't see everything but there is 2 seperate cracks coming off the serif of the V that connects to the rim. These 42 and 43 war coins are great for these.  Edited by Wrekkdd
08/21/2022 2:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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This must be a area that is prone to developing die cracks. Here's another 1943 with very similar die cracks but they are not the same dies (reverse or obverse). The reverse on mine is a near "3" variety where on the OP coin the "3' is much farther away from the "4'. Cheer's Bill  |
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New Member
Canada
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Just picked up this 43 with a massive die crack, but looks different from the ones posted here.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Nice PokeyCc. That die was about to break apart by the looks of it!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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The war years were famous for die cracks.
The mint used the dies until they fell apart.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice, PokeyCC!  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Nice one, PokeyCC! I read through this thread then went to ebay to see if I could find a similar one. Looked at about 100 coins, but only 1 had a definite die crack like this. But it was very early stage and a slabbed coin ($$$) so I passed. One thing that stood out was the disparity in prices for 1943 50 cent pieces - American sellers on average had much higher prices than Canadian sellers. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, they must have struck coins with the Rev as an erased "194" die and then punched in the last digit, weather a 3 or 1 2. There are all kinds of varieties dealing with the 3 and the hoof for the '43 for spacing and position. Then they used the same Obv cracked dies to marry with the hand-punched Rev's for the date. It was wartime and the Mint didn't get the top-notch steel for dies. The good stuff was used for tanks and trucks and weapons.
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Very nice! |
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