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Apologies I did not realize that the caps key was on
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There is no error catalogue for 1896's. Die cracks aren't errors .. it's just aging/damage of/to the dies. Unless a die crack is a marker for a scarce variety of the digits or design, D/C's add very little to the value/worth of a coin and most times reduces it.
Welcome to the site. Lots of knowledge here.
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09/13/2016 8:09 pm
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I'm in the process of putting together a number of online catalogs of Victorian cent dies to supplement the 1859 Narrow 9 catalog I already have up (vicky cents.com). There should be substantial progress on this project in the next 12 months and the dates covered will include 1896.
In die tracking the presence of cracks can be helpful in identifying specific dies. If a die is scarce it has the potential to carry a premium for collectors of such items. Dealers are often at odds with Okie's view that the presence of die cracks detracts from the value of a coin. More often than not they try to ask a premium when die cracks are present. I cannot recall ever seeing a dealer discount a coin because of die cracks. For me, die cracks per se neither add to nor detract from the value. They're just part of the territory for the Victorian issues when the factors influencing the quality of die steel were less well understood.
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09/14/2016 5:34 pm
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Hax .. I've never seen a dealer discount one with a D/C either, as they tend to say that the neat D/C ADDS to the value. Higher end collectors tend not to purchase some coins with very visible D/C's, especially if they enter the field. As I am a variety collector, I LIKE to see most D/C's.
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Bill, I'll take your word re: the tastes of higher end collectors. AU or rarely MS60 is about as high as I go and down here in Bubba Burger Land I don't run into too many higher end collectors to discuss die cracks with!
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Hax .. That's what I collect (the grade range) as well. Don't forget that I've spent a great deal of time in Bubba Burger Land and still go down twice a year(Spring & Fall) to see them put salsa on their burgers.
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There's no accounting for taste, is there? I'm still getting used to the plaques on the animal cages at the zoos where they have the common name, the range and a recipe.
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09/16/2016 1:21 pm
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Jim... drop me a line sometime... we need to chat about a proposed CN Journal column on your (now completed?) 1859 catalogue and website...
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