Interesting Die Crack On 2013 P Nickel

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Bella57 Valued Member United States 97 Posts	Posted 01/23/2017 8:52 pm I found this nickel CRH today. I see a die crack that extends from the first S of STATES across to each letter along with die chips in the tops of the S's. I understand the die crack but I'm having a little trouble wrapping my mind around how the chips were formed in the deep recesses of the S's on the die. I appreciate your help. Report this Post to the Staff

RoyCoinBoy Pillar of the Community United States 1609 Posts	Posted 01/23/2017 8:54 pm Are you talking about the S in states? I'm not seeing any die cracks here. Report this Post to the Staff
Druu Pillar of the Community United States 1000 Posts	Posted 01/23/2017 8:58 pm I'm seeing a crack connecting the STA of states. I see a die chip in the last S of states. Bella, dies are mirror images of the produced coin, so the top of the S where the chip is would be the protrusion, and the letter S itself would be incused on the die. (It makes sense in my head, but I might be totally wrong.) Report this Post to the Staff
Bella57 Valued Member United States 97 Posts	Posted 01/23/2017 8:59 pm There is a raised line from the S to the T to the A to the T to the E to the S. It gets finer as it gets to the last S. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 01/23/2017 10:05 pm A chip is formed when a piece breaks away from a device. When the metal falls away, it leaves a void on field of the die. When a strike happens, the void is filled with the metal. So when you have an incuse void on the die, it leave a raised area on the field. Thus the term die chip as the die chipped away. Report this Post to the Staff
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