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Pillar of the Community
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Well here is something you do not see often, 100% split die thats Capped as well and based on the reverse it looks like its an UNC.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yep, I just got it in a coin deal trade off. From what I am to understand they are far from common.
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Pillar of the Community
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The combination of the two errors is probably more common than you think. They're still scarce, don't get me wrong, but you will see this pair of errors on many different dates and denominations. It has to be much more probable for a die cap to form when there is a canyon between two large portions of the die.
Although I've never been completely certain about my ability to distinguish the two, this might not be a true split die, either. It might just be two die cracks with an area of die subsidence in between.
Regardless, this is a very interesting combo, and one that I'm still looking to add to my collection. Nice error!
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Very nice and unusual error ... congratulations.  David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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I like John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Sweet!  |
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Valued Member
United States
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nice addition to your collection!
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Valued Member
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a zombie Roosevelt (from the looks of his forehead) being struck and melted by lightning...
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Pillar of the Community
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Not a capped die- just split. The weakness in the obverse is a result of the die being broken, no die cap involved.
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Pillar of the Community
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This coin was struck with a die cap between it and the die. There are plenty of other coins struck with large die cracks and split dies that don't have this form a weakness. Even severe die subsidence doesn't look like this.
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I agree that it was struck through a split die that was also covered by a very late-stage die cap. The conjunction of these two errors is very common. I'd venture it's more common than an unobstructed split die.
Error coin writer and researcher.
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Well its "un-common" to me as its the only one I have ever seen, hence why I bought it. Thanks for all the input folks BTW. I still am not sure how you grade this darn thing. The reverse looks UNC but aren't coins to be graded on the "worst side"?  |
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Posted 09/17/2013 6:42 pm
