2000 P Maryland Quarter With Die Chip

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lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 01/11/2015 11:48 pm From my last post I learned this defect is called a die chip... thanks for the lesson ErrorCoins222. I tried to position the defect as close to center on the zoomed in photos to make it easier to locate. Report this Post to the Staff

kanga Pillar of the Community United States 5825 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 08:11 am Die chips are caused by stress on a die from overuse. There are similar things caused by the press operator dropping something on a die and nicking it. And then there are a third thing caused by something hard getting in the way during a strike and damaging the die permanently. Sometimes you can tell the difference particularly with die chips. They tend to be irregular. The other two OFTEN look more regular. Edited by kanga 01/12/2015 08:11 am Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 11:29 am A die chip is just a part of the field that has broken off the die leaving a void. The newer single squeeze dies have a lot of die chips because the design is shallow. After the chip happens, all coins after that will have that die chip showing on them because of the void that the die has in it. It can continue to break down, or it may stop there. But they usually don't retire the die because of this small issue. It takes a lot of them to retire a die. The newer 2005 Buffalo nickels had a lot of die chips on them. Report this Post to the Staff
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