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tapapple65 Pillar of the Community United States 538 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 09:41 am Below are some pics of a coin I found.It appears to have 2 die chips on it.I have found several of these coins.In addition to these I have found several without the chip on the lower left of the memorial.Both have the same die scratches under America and over the o in ONE.The question I have is I also found some coins with the same kind of chip on the E without any of the die scratches or the chip on the memorial.With this being the case,is it possible they are from 2 different dies? Report this Post to the Staff

kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 10:42 am More than likely different dies but let an expert chime in.... Report this Post to the Staff
Pete2226 Pillar of the Community United States 3331 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 11:45 am The chips on the E look virtually identical, I think. But it is difficult to see detail on the first one because of the reflection. If they are, it would suggest to me that the one without a chip on the memorial is an earlier die state? Report this Post to the Staff
kakaratt77 Pillar of the Community United States 1414 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 11:52 am I didn't even think about the die states Pete, nice catch!! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 12:03 pm They are different die states. A die chip can get larger with continued use of that die. Die scratches/clashes come and go with polishings/continued use. But I see no evidence that they were from the same die pair. If one is a Small date and the other is a large date, that would probably rule out possibility. The small date cents had a problem with die chips, thus the need for the large date for that year. Report this Post to the Staff
tapapple65 Pillar of the Community United States 538 Posts	Posted 07/29/2015 3:09 pm All 3 coins are large dates.I have found about the same amount of each one.The thing I am having a hard time with is 2 of the 3 coins are very similar in all aspects other than the chip on memorial.The third coin,the last 2 pics,does'nt remotely look similar to the other 2.So is it possible that 2 different dies could have the same die chip ? Report this Post to the Staff
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