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I posted a previous thread about "...all it's cracked up to be" last week featuring a MS Mercury dime. Would you consider this "rim to rim" die break early Quarter Eagle a 7070 type coin? I was thinking that this could be a sleeper, but it has jumped out of my price range.  sorry no reverse image, it was die break free though.  Edited by oih82w8
10/09/2012 12:44 pm
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I would say that is an extreme die crack there and I bet the die pretty much fell apart before long after this coin was struck. I like it as well when looking specifically at/for die cracks/breaks
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Very nice coin, I like it. I often wonder if a rim to rim die crack should be called a die break? What do you all think? John1  |
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I get confuse with that term also, wouldn't die break actually have the coin split?
Impressive coin, love gold. LOL!
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Here is a snippet from; The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States coins 2013, 51st Edition By Thomas E. Hudgeons, Jr. Edited by oih82w8
10/09/2012 2:35 pm
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Nice die crack on that gold coin. How much did it sell for? What is the grade?
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It ends tonight around 2000 hrs CST. NGC MS61, it would have fit right in with my gold page which are MS61's...all one of them...so far.
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10/09/2012 4:56 pm
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What a splendiferous coin. The crack would be a very strong magnifier of interest for me.
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that is why I said crack instead of break, there needs to be some separation before it is considered a break and if this was a break the whole design would have feel in half after this coin was struck (which probably happened not to far after this coin was struck because that is a good size crack that goes from one side to the other)
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i have the same one except with a fuller separation at the crack. yeah right! very, very nice die crack here.
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It sold for $1300 and change. Moving on...
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probably went for that as other collectors like that die crack and paid up
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Crazy die crack on that gold. Kinda surprised that can even happen, given that gold is so soft. Must of been at the very end of the 252,923 mintage.
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Die cracks seen in gold coins are relativelly scarcer than for other metals , because gold is softer and the dies tended to be used for striking fewer coins anyway, to retain the sharpness of the strike, for most issues.
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I just saw this thread and I ended up winning this coin. I was willing to go considerably higher - as die cracks go, this one was pretty exciting. Sorry oih82w8, we apparently both love gold die cracks! Here are a couple of my favorites (apologies as my pictures aren't the best): NGC AU53 1799 Large Stars $5 - R6+ (~14-18 exist)  PCGS AU58 1808/7 $5 - R6 (~20 known)  |
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