Are Die Cracks Common With The 50 Cent Pieces In The 1940-S?

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Amaths Pillar of the Community Canada 572 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 7:48 pm Finally found some pieces with possible cracks visible to the naked eye. 1941: between the hoof and the second 1 in 1941 1943: the bottom of A19 1944: across ANADA 1945: bottom of 45 Another shinier 1945: the same place as the above I am no expert on this. Are these really cracks? Do they add any value to these coins in this low grade? Sorry for the low quality scans. Report this Post to the Staff

pginrh Valued Member Canada 456 Posts	Posted 06/12/2014 10:44 pm During the war years, especially 1940 through 1945, the Mint was short of skilled people and as well, the special steel required for making dies. As a result, existing dies were used well past the rejection levels used previously. Perhaps the most common symptom of a die approaching failure are die cracks.... the examples that you have above are indeed die cracks and there are over 400 distinct obverses or reverses exhibiting die cracks that you can find for the years 1940-1945. There are usually no premiums attached to coins with die cracks except for the well known 1946 hoof through6. Edited by pginrh 06/13/2014 07:17 am Report this Post to the Staff
Amaths Pillar of the Community Canada 572 Posts	Posted 06/13/2014 6:37 pm Thanks pginrh. Nice history. These are my first die-crack findings, all in one purchase. I thought they could be fairly common, especially after I found a second 1945 with an identical die crack as the other from the same bin. Perhaps they are only worth melt at this grade, but I think they are interesting to look at and to show to others. Report this Post to the Staff
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